"It's a two pronged attack on the internet. The ISPs data collection is going to be more valuable than Facebook or Google simply because they have everything and most importantly the ISPs can verify physical identities."
Third prong: lawmakers advocating "closing the VPN loophole".
Because terrorism.
Another reason for all web developers to encrypt their websites.
That helps, but not entirely. The metadata of which sites you're visiting is still valuable advertising information - especially when browsing through a phone (geolocation).
Re:Battle for the Internet
by tomaskafka on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:48AM
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This doesn't help - just a set of domains (and page count + times of connection) you connected to last month is a very precise and valuable identifier of who you are and what your interests are.
It's a two pronged attack on the internet. The ISPs data collection is going to be more valuable than Facebook or Google simply because they have everything and most importantly the ISPs can verify physical identities.
So internet ad revenue is being attacked from one angle and then they are extorting money for packet delivery on the other.