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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by devindotcom on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:44PM (#12812306)
The FCC confirmed that yes, regardless of consent, the ISP can collect 'sensitive' information if it is anonymized/de-identified before use or sharing. The ISP does need to make it clear to the user what information is being collected, but there's no way at present to prevent them from collecting it at all. They're also barred from attempting to de-anonymize the data, though a third party probably could.

More info here:

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016...

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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by bitJericho on Thursday October 27, 2016 @11:03PM (#12812692)
It can be prevented through the use if a secure proxy.
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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by thaumasiotes on Thursday October 27, 2016 @11:19PM (#12812758)
A proxy between you and your ISP? How do you talk to the proxy?
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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by Veratyr on Thursday October 27, 2016 @11:50PM (#12812897)
The proxy is outside your ISP. The connection between you and your proxy is secure, so your ISP cannot gain anything useful from it.
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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by bitJericho on Friday October 28, 2016 @07:23AM (#12814777)
It sounds complex but it can be had for around 5 dollars a month and a good setup guide if you don't know Linux well.
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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by shostack on Friday October 28, 2016 @08:30AM (#12815077)
Why do you need a good setup guide though? Is there no solution of similar efficacy that I can have my mom, who still uses AOL, install?
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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by eonw on Friday October 28, 2016 @09:44AM (#12815679)
just google VPN providers, read the reviews though, some are much better then others.

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ is one that i use, its decent.

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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by EpicEng on Friday October 28, 2016 @10:22PM (#12822286)
PIA

Super easy setup and config. Download the app for the VPN, generate SOCK5 cteds for the proxy via their site.

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Re:FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission to Shar... by Kadin on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:34AM (#12813364)
Most use OpenVPN and tunnel all traffic over SSLed TCP. So your traffic goes out to an endpoint server run by the proxy company, and gets dumped onto the public net at that point.
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