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Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock by duncan_bayne on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @12:22AM (#11899770)
> And for $30 more you can opt out of them scanning and recording your activity for ad targeting.

Ouch, is that actually a thing with American ISPs these days? :(

That said I haven't asked _my_ ISP whether they do that.

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Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock by jedberg on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @12:46AM (#11899840)
I think AT&T is the second one to admit that they do that and then charge you money to get out of it. The first was a small local ISP that didn't offer any way out and quickly backed down after pushback from their customers.

Chances are the other American ISPs do it, they just burry it in the terms of service. So AT&T figured out they could make some extra cash off of their privacy conscience customers who don't know how to use VPN.

And chances are they still collect and aggregate the data, they just don't retarget you specifically.

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