So ATT, Comcast, Spectrum, and many more all do that's why people have
the assumption. In some cases its just redirecting unknown domains to a
local search page that does a web search for the domain you typed in.
Mainly implemented for all the support calls for I can'g get to yahooo
or gogle etc. In the case of the larger companies they 100% sell the
data to data brokers.
On 1/18/2026 7:56 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Why are media people so convinced that ISPs are snooping your DNS
queries and even manipulating DNS to redirect you?
https://www.howtogeek.com/your-router-is-probably-using-the-wrong-dns/
Also the assumption that a small ISP can’t run DNS servers that can
handle the load (it’s not difficult). The only argument I can see is
that Google or Cloudflare has a bigger user base and is more likely to
have results cached.
They never seem to offer any evidence that ISPs are actually tracking
you though your DNS queries or manipulating the results, they just
assume because it’s technically possible, it must be happening. Throw
in a little “all ISPs are evil” bias. It reminds me of all the
warnings about public USB charging stations and “juice jacking”
despite no actual reports of this happening.
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