Google redirection on public WiFi
Automated disclaimer: This post was written more than 15 years ago and I may not have looked at it since.
Older posts may not align with who I am today and how I would think or write, and may have been written in reaction to a cultural context that no longer applies. Some of my high school or college posts are just embarrassing. However, I have left them public because I believe in keeping old web pages alive—and it's interesting to see how I've changed.
Just a quick thought: Imagine if I started an advertisement referral program? People with unsecured WiFi points could install a program that would refer Google searches to my company's servers, which would modify the results. People would get a kickback for the number of referrals they got, as measured by my servers.
I think this underscores the importance of using secure protocols like HTTPS.
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