So, why’s everyone picking on Comcast ?
University of Washington researchers have found that about 1% of the Web pages being delivered on the Internet are being changed along the way and the results aren’t always good.
The IDG News Service writes:
In a paper, set to be delivered Wednesday, the researchers document some troubling practices. In July and August they tested data sent to about 50,000 computers and discovered that a small number of ISPs were injecting ads into Web pages on their networks. They also found that some Web browsing and ad-blocking software was actually making Web surfing more dangerous by introducing security vulnerabilities into pages.
