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You (J. Random Person) may not be able to, but advertising companies probably will be able to. For example, from https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/five-cree
by wolfgang42 10y ago
You (J. Random Person) may not be able to, but advertising companies probably will be able to. For example, from https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/five-creepy-things-your-isp-could-do-if-congress-repeals-fccs-privacy-protections https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/five-creepy-things-you... :
> According to Ad Age, SAP sells a service called Consumer Insights 365, which “ingests regularly updated data representing as many as 300 cellphone events per day for each of the 20 million to 25 million mobile subscribers.” What type of data does Consumer Insights 365 “ingest?” Again, according to Ad Age, “The service also combines data from telcos with other information, telling businesses whether shoppers are checking out competitor prices… It can tell them the age ranges and genders of people who visited a store location between 10 a.m. and noon, and link location and demographic data with shoppers' web browsing history.”
- tfussell 10y agoThat's what I figured. I wonder if a request from a sole proprietorship would be sufficient to get an ISP to respond to such requests.
- Chaebixi 10y agoMy guess is they'd just use price as a gatekeeper, rather than spending time to do a background check of their customers. I doubt any of these data feeds are cheap.
- 1001101 10y agoI'd love to see this process get hacked - What's the CEO of {your_favorite_ISP} been perusing on the web? Sounds like a good opportunity for a crowdfund.