U.S., UK ISPs Track Web Habits, Sell Data to Advertisers

CDsDontBurn · Apr 8, 2008, 04:58 AM

Providers testing ways to use the goldmine of data locked away in their tubes

ISPs throughout the United States and UK are using deep packet inspection to track surfers’ online activities – search queries, web sites visited, and information entered, among other things – in order to sell gleamed data to advertisers interested in better targeting their advertisements.

Source: DailyTech

GutterPunk · Apr 8, 2008, 06:51 AM

I don't like that at all. How about they open my mail before it comes (which happens to be a federal offense).

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