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The FCC confirmed that yes, regardless of consent, the ISP can collect 'sensitive' information if it is anonymized/de-identified before use or sharing. The ISP
by devindotcom 10y ago
The FCC confirmed that yes, regardless of consent, the ISP can collect 'sensitive' information if it is anonymized/de-identified before use or sharing. The ISP does need to make it clear to the user what information is being collected, but there's no way at present to prevent them from collecting it at all. They're also barred from attempting to de-anonymize the data, though a third party probably could.
More info here:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db1027/DOC-341938A1.pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016...
- bitJericho 10y agoIt can be prevented through the use if a secure proxy.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoA proxy between you and your ISP? How do you talk to the proxy?
- Veratyr 10y agoThe proxy is outside your ISP. The connection between you and your proxy is secure, so your ISP cannot gain anything useful from it.
- bitJericho 10y agoIt sounds complex but it can be had for around 5 dollars a month and a good setup guide if you don't know Linux well.
- shostack 10y agoWhy do you need a good setup guide though? Is there no solution of similar efficacy that I can have my mom, who still uses AOL, install?
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- EpicEng 10y agoPIA Super easy setup and config. Download the app for the VPN, generate SOCK5 cteds for the proxy via their site.
- Kadin 10y agoMost use OpenVPN and tunnel all traffic over SSLed TCP. So your traffic goes out to an endpoint server run by the proxy company, and gets dumped onto the public net at that point.