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Is Comcast Intercepting Packets?

nihilist_1137 writes: "According this page, comcast is intercepting your packets to gain knowledge of your whereabouts and then reselling it to marketers." According to the linked message, "This allows them to not only log all http requests, but to also log the response. Maybe they want to profile their customer browsing history for subsidiaries or resale to marketers. Maybe they want to do their part in The War on Freedom. Maybe they just want passwords to porn sites. Apparently they aren't using it to maximize bandwidth, because it's not configured to serve cached data."

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  1. That explains.... by JayHerrick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...my 50% drop in bandwidth when Comcast switched off the @Home network.

  2. Re:This has to be illegal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "I'll bet you dollars to donuts that..."

    Mmm... DONUTS!

  3. Re:hmm by Perdo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Is Mary Bea Damico an alias for Mary Beth D' Amico

    Personal:
    Mary Bea earned her degree in Marketing at St. Joseph's University,
    and supplemented her degree with a number of courses toward an MBA.

    She is the mother of four children aged 10 years to six months.

    Also, she possesses a strong commitment to uniting the principles of her faith with the leadership principles upon which her business is built. She is passionate in her commitment to help employees to achieve the full realization of their God-given talents.

    Mary Bea is a member of Legatus International, a worldwide organization committed to helping Catholic business owners to employ the truth and values of their faith to meet the ethical challenges they face everyday.

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  4. Re:hmm by Perdo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    So how far out on a limb am I? respond do not moderate... The only flaw I can see is if Zeibari, Greg is an ex employee of Voveo or a current employee.

    By the way, Mary Beth D' Amico is a webmaster for Mary Bea Damico's kid's school district. Meaning she is using a false name with her SEC fileings and her registrar, Go Daddy software.

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  5. Information wants to be free!!! by statusbar · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, is that true or not?
    Or is it irrelevant?

    --Jeff

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