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Mere conduits have no memory —they wouldn't keep logs, let alone sell them to third parties. If the ISP wants to "simply be a conduit", I can only applaud, as
by loup-vaillant 10y ago
Mere conduits have no memory —they wouldn't keep logs, let alone sell them to third parties.
If the ISP wants to "simply be a conduit", I can only applaud, as long as they follow the rules of common carriers they just implied by saying so: no snooping, no filtering, no selective throttling, no looking at TCP packets to look for a "25" (SMTP requests) and block them…
If they do that, they don't have to follow any privacy rule: they already respect mine.
- bonzini 10y agoI suppose a water "carrier" could have a sieve to filter away unwanted particles, or could add chlorine to kill bacteria, etc. But it certainly couldn't do anything equivalent to keeping or selling logs...
- subway 10y agoThe "carrier" ceases to be just a "carrier" at that point. They're now both a "carrier" and a "filter". Sometimes I just want unmolested water.
- KMag 10y agoYou and me both, General Ripper.
- yosamino 10y agoWell, they could drugtest your wastewater [0] and measure your water consumption with one of these "smart" meters at small intervals. It's not at the scale of data that an ISP could sift through, but with a little imagination, water can be a source of metadata... [0] http://www.dw.com/en/experts-on-drug-wastewater-analysis-say-its-time-for-policymakers-to-get-onboard/a-16798866 http://www.dw.com/en/experts-on-drug-wastewater-analysis-say...