Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris...
by jacquesm on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:07PM
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> For the vast majority of customers, Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon know what sites you visit
They know which IP addresses you connect to. Many of those host large numbers of websites.
> what types of data you pass to them
What do you mean with 'what types of data'? They can't access the headers of encrypted traffic.
> every single DNS lookup you make
Yes, that's true. And you can cache those locally.
> etc. Sorry, but this is FAR more intrusive than Facebook, which you CLAIM has lots of data on you even if you don't use their service.
Shadow profiles are a thing.
> It's harder to avoid Google than it is to avoid Facebook, but again, it's doable.
It's just about impossible. Every other email you send ends up in a gmail inbox. So even if you don't use their services at all your data still ends up with them. Even if you don't have a smartphone enough people around you will have them that your social graph will end up with Google anyway. And so on.
They know which IP addresses you connect to. Many of those host large numbers of websites.
> what types of data you pass to them
What do you mean with 'what types of data'? They can't access the headers of encrypted traffic.
> every single DNS lookup you make
Yes, that's true. And you can cache those locally.
> etc. Sorry, but this is FAR more intrusive than Facebook, which you CLAIM has lots of data on you even if you don't use their service.
Shadow profiles are a thing.
> It's harder to avoid Google than it is to avoid Facebook, but again, it's doable.
It's just about impossible. Every other email you send ends up in a gmail inbox. So even if you don't use their services at all your data still ends up with them. Even if you don't have a smartphone enough people around you will have them that your social graph will end up with Google anyway. And so on.