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The Register: Your internet history on sale to highest bidder: US Congress votes to shred ISP privacy rules https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/28/congress_a
by davidf18 10y ago
The Register: Your internet history on sale to highest bidder: US Congress votes to shred ISP privacy rules
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/28/congress_approves_sale_of_internet_histories/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/28/congress_approves_s...
"Now, the really big question is: can your ISPs see the content of your online interactions? Can it read your emails? Can it read your search results? Can it store and search through the words you typed into a webpage?
And the answer is: yes, sometimes.
If the website you visit is not secured with HTTPS – meaning that any data between you and the website is encrypted – then your ISP can see exactly what you are doing."
Read the article for suggestions on how to protect yourself.
Also read:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/28/so_my_isp_can_now_sell_my_browsing_history_what_can_i_do/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/28/so_my_isp_can_now_se...