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No conspiracy theories here, just utterly baffled at the fact that a communications provider would happily tamper with user data that he has zero reason (and te
by revelation 12y ago
No conspiracy theories here, just utterly baffled at the fact that a communications provider would happily tamper with user data that he has zero reason (and technical justification) to access or change.
And then to strip STARTTLS? That's the nuclear meltdown scenario of incompetence and recklessness.
I guess this is another moment where people can tell us how theres too much regulation governing internet providers, after apparently a vast majority of providers can't even deliver payload unchanged. It must be tedious to keep defending an industry that can't provide the most basic of services.
- rakoo 12y agoHe just told you there _is_ a reason to do this: stop said ISP's users from sending spam. In the best case scenario, the ISP analyzes each email and drop them when their spamminess is too high. That's a legitimate concern for the ISP. Now _of course_ doing this will be a massive problem for privacy, but again, user's privacy comes after a functioning network for the ISP.
- couchand 12y agoI'd argue that spammy e-mails are fine as long as you don't send too many of them. That's easy enough to track without breaking encryption. But it also makes it difficult to distinguish the officially "non-spam" yet still awfully spammy marketing automation that makes the ISPs boatloads of money, so I can see their tradeoff.
- cm2187 12y agoI find these attacks outrageous and an absolute disdain for the protection of their customers but I wouldn't go as far as justifying spam. To be honest I am less shocked by the fact that the ISP do this than by the fact that it is even possible. Email is broken in so many levels.
- revelation 12y agoIt's not the job of the ISP to do that. Full stop.