Hi there - general call for recommendations and discussion. A local telephone co-op (Twin Lakes Telephone, here in TN) has begun silently intercepting and editing amazon requests, so that they get the affiliate/referral traffic.
[It's pretty clear from the session traces I've seen - there's a proxy injecting redirects upstream of customers.] A query to the co-op by a buddy resulted in a claim that they are doing this "to pass savings on to their members" - which led to quite a bit of laughter in my local social circle. I find this pretty unethical; my peers seem to agree. A couple of the guys are actively calling board members this morning to 'discuss' it with them; folks are also reporting the interception to Amazon directly. [It's not just amazon, apparently - we're hearing that other services are also being intercepted and MITM'ed under the same 'program'.] Thoughts, suggestions, et cetera? If I knew who the network manager was over there, I'd probably drive over and throttle him or her..... just for being ridiculous. Oh, and interestingly - this "service" seems to come and go, being primarily enabled on weekend evenings. :) best, --e _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
