I think the methods are crude but the motives are quite clear (if the story is true); Comcast doesn't like Tor for the same reason the NSA doesn't like Tor. Com

I think the methods are crude but the motives are quite clear (if the story is true); Comcast doesn't like Tor for the same reason the NSA doesn't like Tor. Comcast doesn't have a good track record for handling traffic ethically, for instance attempting to monetize NXDOMAIN errors [1], throttling protocols they don't like [2], etc. I don't think its beyond the pail to suggest they want to spy on their customers and sell their data to advertisers. They may even be under contractual obligation from RIAA/MPAA to disallow Tor as a part of Six Strikes, and are doing this either before or in lieu of a technical solution. [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/08/comcasts-dns-redirect-service-goes-nationwide/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/08/comcasts-dns-redi... [2] http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-throttles-bittorrent-traffic-seeding-impossible/ http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-throttles-bittorrent-traffic...