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So, ISP's can sell your data now. The few who use VPN's or other methods to obfuscate/hide their data are a rounding error, big ISP won't care at all because th
by TOMDM 10y ago
So, ISP's can sell your data now.
The few who use VPN's or other methods to obfuscate/hide their data are a rounding error, big ISP won't care at all because the barrier to entry is at the moment much more complex than installing an adblocker, not to mention, the immediate impact is not so apparent to the average user.
What gets me, in the world we live in data is king, now that the ISP's can use this data, surely they could sell it, but what's stopping them from looking at googles throne?
Google at the moment leverages the data they gather from their services, but your ISP has _everything_
Am I missing something here, or does the endgame look like the issue will be what ISPs choose to do with this data in house rather than out of it.
Not to mention, do they also no longer need to disclose when they suffer a data breach or am I mis-remembering?
All this together looks like it ends with gross oversteps in the use of data by your ISP, not to mention they will do the [three letter agency of choice]'s job for them, all they need to do is find a way in.
- amluto 10y ago> Google at the moment leverages the data they gather from their services, but your ISP has _everything_ ...which is surely part of the reason Google is pushing so hard to encrypt everything. (I'm not saying there aren't altruistic reasons too.)
- ddalex 10y agoIf there would be altruistic reasons, Google would push for end to end encryption - however they try very hard to be the man in the middle - looking at your searches, mail, location, everything. And they make it worthwhile for you to give them data because they pay in features - Gmail search works beautifully, just try web Outlook to see how hard is to get it right; maps works so well that I can't even name a competitor. What benefit will consumers get from ISP sharing their data? None, obviously.
- tobltobs 10y agoGoogle does push for end to end encryption. And why should they try to be the man in the middle when they are the man at the end anyway?