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		indigodaddy on Oct 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Xfinity Is Man-in-the-Middle Attacking My Internet "any client DNS settings will be completely ignored" - how are they accomplishing this? I wouldn't think this would be possible...

kevin_b_er on Oct 29, 2019 [–]

They perform a MITM attack on your DNS packets, since DNS protocol is unsecured.

It is another reason they're flagrantly against encrypting DNS and attempting to get laws passed against it.

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