brandon
Some truth included in this post.
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join:2003-03-31
Hurley, MS | Clarification?
I'm assuming that's $60 per user per year and not $60 per year... |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
| said by brandon  :I'm assuming that's $60 per user per year and not $60 per year... Yes, as evidenced by the singular "your".
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Use the OS tool for the job. |
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ph03n1x
join:2003-02-15
Sanford, FL | I Think I'm Okay With This...
... as long as it's done in aggregate and remains anonymous. |
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chemaupr
join:2005-06-06
Alexandria, VA | Same here. But if they are making that much of my use, I will like to see at least 2 bucks per month out of those 5 they are making credited on my bill. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| Hmmm...
Who gets all the pr0n clicky info?
MFers must be getting RICH from me alone!  
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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ph03n1x
join:2003-02-15
Sanford, FL | The Internet is for porn! |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs: | reply to ph03n1x
Re: I Think I'm Okay With This...
I am not. The default policy should be privacy. |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL | reply to ph03n1x
Re: Hmmm...
...And Geeks Created the Internet so Geeks could get Virtual XXX! |
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free44life
@pacbell.net | if they make money off of me
... i want my inet for free |
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Rxdoxx
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join:2000-11-03
Middle River, MD
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
Host:
Software
Washington & Balti..
| Big Brother is Your ISP
Aghh! Depressing.
All the efforts to keep a clean, spyware free system, and the service provider is selling you out the back door.
I know recently, I went looking for an AC unit. For days later I saw ads for units as I did other searches, so Google is also a tracker.
Maybe if ad-blocking becomes widespread, some of the lucrative revenue will dry up.
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ph03n1x
join:2003-02-15
Sanford, FL | reply to Maxo
Re: I Think I'm Okay With This...
As long as the data is aggregated, it should no longer contain any personally identifiable information. Only "W # of people browsed to X url at Y time of day or Z number of times". Of course, there's no guarantee that it's done in this manner. |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
·AT&T U-Verse
| Of course Marketdroids are going to lie
When confronted with an issue such as this. Publicly,
they will all deny they track users, but if you were
to somehow get a hold of some of the ISP's internal
documents, you would find otherwise.
Marketers could care less about ISP users' privacy.
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"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot) |
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Zyniker
Zyniker
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join:2004-12-25
Anaheim, CA
| reply to Rxdoxx
Re: Big Brother is Your ISP
It's been fairly obvious for a while now that Google tracks user searches and has some questionable retention/classification policies...
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major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
Premium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
clubs: | Money-hungry, privacy violating bastards
I don't know about anyone else, but I usually prefer to kissed first before I get f*cked.  |
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masterwolfe2
Resident Redneck
join:2001-03-07
Hiawassee, GA
| Check this out
ETC (local phone company here) got my gf's name wrong when they signed her up, badly wrong, such as Lisa instead of Mary, and that is not her middle name or any sort of alias she uses. Within a week of her signing up, she was getting tons of junk snail mail addressed to Lisa... so when we moved into a house together, and I opened an account with them, I asked them to use just my first initial, and sure enough... I get tons of junk mail addressed to me by that name. And the lady I spoke with SWORE they don't sell or give out such info. Bull-CRAP they don't.
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Dishplayer 625, DirecTV Plus R15, Windstream Ultra DSL |
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peter_m
Premium
join:2005-07-13
Canada, QC
| reply to ph03n1x
Re: I Think I'm Okay With This...
I think we should be left out by default and opt-in by request in exchange for something... maybe a free service, a free router/firewall or a credit against the service fee...
Why should they be allowed to collect data on me, without my consent and then make money from it? |
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peter_m
Premium
join:2005-07-13
Canada, QC | reply to Zyniker
Re: Big Brother is Your ISP
Just delete your cookies! |
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peter_m
Premium
join:2005-07-13
Canada, QC | reply to masterwolfe2
Re: Check this out
Scary that they would lie to you flat out! Must have some local laws that protect you from this? |
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Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08 |  This sickens me
My privacy what privacy...
And I don't get any money out of it just a high priced ISP. |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs: | reply to peter_m
Re: I Think I'm Okay With This...
My guess is we probably do opt in when we sign their Draconian EULA.  |
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