Comments on: ISPs Tell Congress They Don't Need Privacy Laws

By: Germans Get Cheaper Cell Phone Service In Exchange for Ads

Germans Get Cheaper Cell Phone Service In Exchange for Ads — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:13:41 +0000

[...] are giving up, making this less underhanded than other planned mobile advertising schemes. However, it’s still an invasive form of [...]

By: FTC to Take a Deep Look at DPI? | Design Website

FTC to Take a Deep Look at DPI? | Design Website — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:14:04 +0000

[...] is a sentiment that’s filtered through Congress in the last year, as consumers and Capitol Hill are made aware of invasive practices such as search firms storing [...]

By: FTC to Take a Deep Look at DPI?

FTC to Take a Deep Look at DPI? — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:02:41 +0000

[...] is a sentiment that’s filtered through Congress in the last year, as consumers and Capitol Hill are made aware of invasive practices such as search firms storing [...]

By: Verizon Data-Sharing Hysteria Points to Larger Privacy Issues

Verizon Data-Sharing Hysteria Points to Larger Privacy Issues — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:12:10 +0000

[...] to the slightest perceived infraction. It’s better than apathy, but it’s also something citizens, the government and the corporations holding onto this data need to start talking about in honest [...]

By: Taking Data Privacy Day Beyond SSNs

Taking Data Privacy Day Beyond SSNs — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:09:41 +0000

[...] Congress should start by legislating that pipe owners need to disclose how they track and offer ads to subscribers, AND they need to offer a private access line that consumers can choose if they [...]

By: What the New FCC Chair Must Do

What the New FCC Chair Must Do — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:32:57 +0000

[...] the benefits of a fat pipe into the home to push web content. His willingness to assure consumer privacy on the web is a bit doubtful given his experience in new media, where advertising remains the [...]

By: Telcos will drop more money in DC next year |

Telcos will drop more money in DC next year | — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:54:28 +0000

[...] It will be entertaining, though. Henry Waxman, the unrivaled master of holding hearings to do little more than dominate airtime on Cspan will be pointing his nostrils towards the twisted pair as his reach will be extended next year. There will be a lot of talking, a lot of money spent, and nothing will change. I’ll be around to tell you we told you so when it happens. While Mr. Waxman loves his hearings, he hates the competitive marketplace since it’s harder for him to manage with hearings. Yesterday Rep. Henry Waxman ascended to the head of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — which you may remember for its investigation into how web firms use consumer data — and convened two hearings into online privacy. [...]

By: Felix

Felix — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:13:26 +0000

https://www.dpacket.org — Good resource on DPI

By: L

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:44:22 +0000

Hi again,
just in response to, mark81295 post, the link you provide….you must not have read this site’s privacy policy, it’s supposedly providing you with anonymity and security while using Unsecured Public Networks. If you’re using a Public Unsecured Network and it can provide high security, then that’s an incentive to use it. However, if you’re looking for Anonymity and Privacy …….well if you read their privacy policy, even this short snippet I’ve included below, you can see it’s not providing you with privacy in truth. Sure, if you’re using a public unsecure network it may stop the information that you send over the network being intercepted but it doesn’t provide better privacy than your Secure ISP provider, which is what the original issue was.
Here check this out especially the last line!!
1. Privacy Policy
We believe strongly in providing you notice of how we collect and use data, including personally identifiable information, from the Site. Therefore, we have adopted a Privacy Policy, linked from the bottom of each page of this Site, to which you should refer to fully understand how we collect and use information. You understand that through your use of this Site or the Services, you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to or from the United States for storage, processing and use by AnchorFree.

By: L

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:27:40 +0000

o……k, yeh it’s definitely something that requires a complete investigation as to the what’s and who’s and how much information is collected by isps. I think isps Should track people’s usage, it goes without saying, in order to prevent crime and the many evils of the internet. However, this thing of using information in order to profit from it and delving where it is unnecessary in order to prevent crime etc. is just not on!
Another area which blatantly lets us know that by using their “free” services we Pay with our privacy. Yes, I’m talking about these free web-mail providers of which everyone who uses the internet is aware of. Their privacy policies and terms of use and the newly added extra mail terms, make for some Interesting reading if you didn’t already know that they Read your E-mails and Instant Messages if you use their messengers, and the latest in their terms is how they have the right apparently to take “content” (whatever that involves) and use it in advertising or for affiliated 3rd parties to use it in advertising and god knows what else….dont be surprised if you spot your embarrassing pics on a billboard while on holidays somewhere ;) Yikes. Joking aside, their terms and disclaimers are very invasive and entangled and I think Illegal, they need investigating and regulation by an Independent Internet Consumer Body. Boy can she talk!!! ;)