[HN Gopher] FTC Report - A Look at What ISPs Know About You [pdf]
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       FTC Report - A Look at What ISPs Know About You [pdf]
        
       Author : KoftaBob
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2021-10-23 12:12 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.ftc.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.ftc.gov)
        
       | gigel82 wrote:
       | I'm using a PiHole that does DNS queries over a VPN, but
       | unfortunately with almost no-one supporting ESNI I still leak all
       | the domains in plain-text (so it doesn't help with privacy from
       | ISP snooping, just with blocking many ad-domains at the DNS
       | level).
       | 
       | Not sure what can be done here, I don't want to VPN all my
       | traffic. It's a losing battle, this needs support from the other
       | side; break up ISPs and pass legislation to outlaw this kind of
       | intrusive data collection.
        
       | jvilalta wrote:
       | Conclusion: The findings from our report show that many of the
       | ISPs in our study amass large pools of sensitive data, and that
       | their uses of such data could lead to significant harms,
       | particularly when consumers are classified by demographic
       | characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality.
       | Although several of the ISPs in our study purported to offer
       | consumers access to their data and choices as to their use and
       | deletion, those choices were largely illusory, and sometimes even
       | nudged consumers toward more data sharing. This further
       | demonstrates the importance of restricting the collection and
       | uses of data, rather than allowing ISPs to dictate how consumers'
       | information is used by obscuring how they will use their
       | information. Unfortunately, these data practices and abuses
       | mirror problems across other industries, including significantly,
       | edge providers.
        
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