The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has instructed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to redirect Domain Name Service (DNS) traffic that uses third-party DNS servers back to their own DNS servers

MCMC has blocked a total of 24,277 websites between between 2018 to Aug 1, classified into various categories, which are online gambling (39 per cent), pornography/obscene content (31 per cent), copyright infringement (14 per cent), other harmful sites (12 per cent), prostitution (two per cent) and unlawful investments/scams (two per cent).

“It has been falsely claimed that the measure undertaken by MCMC is a draconian measure. We reiterate that Malaysia’s implementation is for the protection of vulnerable groups from harmful online content.

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    2 months ago

    My internet being bootstrapped by ISP is very much relevant especially considering that most of Lemmy is US based and likely doesn’t know what their ISP does

    But thanks for being honest

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      2 months ago

      My internet being bootstrapped by ISP…

      Seriously, what does “bootstrapped” mean in this context?

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        2 months ago

        ISP will hijack unencrypted DNS request made by your router for your “safety”

        In practice they log your DNS queries and sell this data.

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          2 months ago

          Okay that I’m aware of but I’ve never heard of it referred to as “bootstrapping”. Thanks for the explanation.