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Comcast To Stop Tracking Users' Web Habits

Posted by Hemos on from the you-don't-mean-my-credit-card-numbers dept.

jdavidb writes "According to this article, Comcast will no longer keep track of what its users view online." Good.

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  1. Slashdot stories are getting shorter. by sulli · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good.

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  2. Big Brother's Rationalization by Halloween+Jack · · Score: 4, Funny
    The 1984 law does allow cable operators to collect private information if it can show it needs the information to operate its service.



    Comcast Executive Vice President Dave Watson said Tuesday that the company was recording no more information about its customers than is common in the industry and no more than needed to optimize its network.


    "How else are we going to keep our customers if we don't have blackmail material?"

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    I looked into the abyss, and the abyss looked into me--and we both winked.
  3. Use babelfish... by ajuda · · Score: 5, Funny

    What the story said:
    Comcast said in a statement that it will stop storing the information "in order to completely reassure our customers that the privacy of their information is secure."

    After using the MBA -> English translator on Babelfish, we get:
    Oh shoot, you cought us, so we will pretend we care about you. HAHA, we will just find another way to treat y'all like cattle. BTW: Please don't sue me.