FLengineer
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join:2007-06-26
Leesburg, FL
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 ·Comcast
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| What info is sold?
If the info sold is IP address and visited websites, then I wouldn't have a problem with it. As long as they aren't selling info like my address, age, and name. If my ISP could make money off of selling a list of sites an IP address visited then go for it, improve my service with the money you make. Notice I said "an IP address" not "a customer" that is the difference unless you pay extra for a static IP you don't own that IP address you was givin.
For those of you that are going to respond with "they won't use the money to improve your service" I suggest you go buy stock and submit your concerns as a stock holder instead of complaining about it. |
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clickie
join:2005-05-22
Monroe, MI
| That's fine, until the information is given to a third party, and then it's out of Charter's control. So the next time your "unique anonymous ID" goes with you to an online store, guess what happens when you check out, your ID isn't so anonymous. Don't think for a moment that Nebuad hasn't figured this one out. These people are douchebags of the highest order, many of them came from spyware company Gator. It would be just like these people to give something away to you JUST for the purpose of matching your "anonymous hash" to your real identity.
THAT is the rub; Charter isn't providing any user-identifiable information, but that doesn't mean Nebuad won't get it through other means. And since these third parties owe you nothing, you can't control how it's used and you can't stop the dossier of surfing information from being collected.
Charter should look at all means to enhance shareholder value. But there is a point where it's detrimental to the company, and this scheme was crossing that point. Permitting a third-party of dubious ethics to collect this information about your customer base is a horrible way to make a buck.
I will not tolerate it. I will jump back to DSL if Charter changes their mind. |
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FLengineer
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join:2007-06-26
Leesburg, FL | That online store would be liable for selling my info at that point not my ISP. |
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funchords
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join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC
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| reply to FLengineer
said by FLengineer  :If the info sold is IP address and visited websites, then I wouldn't have a problem with it. As long as they aren't selling info like my address, age, and name. The ISP isn't selling info like my address, age, and name.
They are, however, selling an unadulterated pipe to everything that you see and say on the Internet -- including the very words on this page.
Check out the video here: NebuAd CEO: "We know... ...we know... ...and we also know....
So while they don't get your billing record information from your ISP, they really kinda do -- as soon as you access your billing record online, they've got it! Now they say they don't store it -- and I have no reason to believe that they do or do not -- but do you really trust these guys with it?
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Robb Topolski -= funchords.com =- Hillsboro, Oregon
HTTP is the new Bandwidth Hog...
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ross
join:2000-08-16
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| reply to FLengineer
said by FLengineer :That online store would be liable for selling my info at that point not my ISP. Liable to whom, and for how much???? Exactly! No penalty, no foul, no privacy...what dimwit shit-for-brains would willingly submit to a system guaranteed to bring them harm?
BTW, I wouldn't recommend buying stock in an ISP that implements NebuAd's profiling, data and privacy stealing. The likelihood is market forces will drive them out of business as customers become aware of the encroachment on their rights. Of course, should AT&T, Verizon and the large cablecos all jump on board NebuAd's bus, everyone will just be SCREWED! Hello proxy-land, encryption, VNC and surf-spoofing for every little thing we do on the internet. What a PITA! No, thank you very much! |
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