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08-26-2015, 06:25 AM
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An example of an ad said to be injected over the FCC's website while on an AT&T free airport Wi-Fi hotspot. "The web had sprouted ads," wrote Mayer on his blog. "Lots of them, in places they didn't belong." The Wi-Fi hotspot he was using at Dulles ...
AT&T accused of Wi-Fi interception, ad injection (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNF_K7XMhDmOX5c9P0jk36mH5uoNHA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778936231769&ei=Cl3dVahG5urBAdr8tcAH&url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/26/att_hotspots_ad_injection/)The Register
AT&T Injecting Ads Into Its Wi-Fi Hotspot Data Streams (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNF30_gEP6L9-Js0f4txITtto-x9Rw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778936231769&ei=Cl3dVahG5urBAdr8tcAH&url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150825/13565132062/att-injecting-ads-into-wi-fi-hotspot-data-streams.shtml)Techdirt
AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspot Caught Using Ad Injection (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNHTxNh_oMoLzmzwX_EtHTcIx-LCYg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778936231769&ei=Cl3dVahG5urBAdr8tcAH&url=http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-WiFi-Hotspot-Caught-Using-Ad-Injection-134904)DSL Reports
The Verge (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNFocfqkRm2_uROw9F32_GWfphASQQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778936231769&ei=Cl3dVahG5urBAdr8tcAH&url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/25/9208919/at-t-wifi-hotspots-insert-extra-ads-traffic)
all 6 news articles &raquo; (http://news.google.ca/news/more?ncl=dpQFxb7VIqgjLrM33cZwu4wlO-86M&authuser=0&ned=ca)



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