How much does HTTPS protect your data?

RVS2

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Https gives end-to-end encryption. But is the data transferred visible to your ISP?
Apparently the ISP can see your device connected to a site with https, but can it also see your log-in info, pages visited (on that site), anything typed etc?
 

Arequire

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Your ISP cannot see your login info or what's typed on an encrypted connection but it can see the domains you've visited through DNS queries (assuming you're using your ISP's assigned DNS server that comes assigned to your computer by default) which are pretty much never encrypted. DNS queries cannot reveal the individual pages of a domain visited however and you're free to change your DNS server on individual devices or your router.
 
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MiguelPratas819

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yup, mine doesn't allow me to change my DNS. When i asked why they don't allow, they said something like this "Using our DNS provides better reliability and higher speeds through peering".
Thats the dumbest answer I´ve ever seen omfg. Even if they had the "Best Dns" it should be user choice and not theirs so there is something fishty behind that answer.
Sorry bad english
 
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brambedkar59

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Thats the most dumb answer I´ve ever seen omfg. Even if they had the "Best Dns" it should be user choice and not theirs so there is something fishty behind that answer.
Sorry bad english
Although their DNS is faster than Google public DNS here, still it's dumb to not allow it. Maybe it also have something to do with being double NAT'ed connection.
PS, i have unlimited 50 Mbps (both U/D) connection for about $12/month, it's the best bang for buck in my area for the time being
 
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7sean68

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yup, mine doesn't allow me to change my DNS. When i asked why they don't allow, they said something like this "Using our DNS provides better reliability and higher speeds through peering".
some ISPs do this to block some sites or to acquire some data about site frequency; If you use another DNS they only see the ip not the Domain Name (some servers have multiple sites running on it)

BTW I saw some place where the ISP blocked facebook by resolving www.facebook.com to 127.0.0.1 :p:p
 
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