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HTTPS should be expected by now - ISPs keep messing with my unencrypted traffic.


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Then you should get yourself a different ISP or a VPN.

Some places have no other choices for ISPs. I don't disagree that a VPN would help but that feels like it's simply dismissing that there's a problem.

This is an extremely easy thing to say for many people around the world.

But for a large number of people - Americans, folks in countries with monopolies or state manipulation of internet traffic - it is not.

Not everyone has a different ISP to choose from. VPNs are a risky proposition and can significantly reduce bandwidth and increase latency.


Anyone that thinks ISPs don't mess with traffic, should check out this malware research

https://www.virusbulletin.com/conference/vb2017/abstracts/la...


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