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If Comcast only held the IP address currently assigned to its cable modems, they could argue that they don't know who had that IP address six months ago. Its t
by smoyer 14y ago
If Comcast only held the IP address currently assigned to its cable modems, they could argue that they don't know who had that IP address six months ago. Its true that most people leave their cable modems on-line full-time and that the lease period keeps changes to a minimum, but why keep logs. And it could all be done "in an effort to store less customer data" ... there are obviously privacy issues with customer data ;)
- ryegye24 14y agoAt the moment they would be able to do that, but there are bills constantly being introduced (and so far, luckily, shot down) to Congress calling for mandatory data retention. The current bill calling for this is HR 1981:Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1981 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1981), introduced by Rep Lamar Smith of SOPA acclaim.