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Wait, are they planning to track data and sell targeted ads, or to literally sell web history? The headline implies the latter but I can't see in the article wh
by sbw1 10y ago
Wait, are they planning to track data and sell targeted ads, or to literally sell web history? The headline implies the latter but I can't see in the article where it says that.
That is a pretty huge distinction..
- _archon_ 10y agoThere is a significant distinction here, but I opine that either behavior is unacceptable for an ISP. I'm reading this and the comments and imagining a telco switchboard operator listening to my call, and then randomly either breaking into my call to suggest I buy something (targeted ads), or then publish the full text of my conversations to any third party (history). And I do mean the full text. The link from home to your ISP must necessarily contain all the inputs you request of the web. This is not analogous to your call history; your computer is only making one "call" (to the ISP) and is having a long "conversation" (all your Internet activity) within that "call". Disclaimer: I'm not very proficient at how the Internet works at this level. My comment's making it sound more and more like a pen register.