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Anonymous Surfing?

Posted by Cliff on from the another-layer-of-protection dept.

Just Alex asks: "I just got Comcast High-Speed Internet service, and found out that just up to a few months ago they were recording the actions of all of their users and saving it for who knows what. Now I'm thinking about getting an 'anonymous' service like anonymizer.com, but I wonder what other folks are using. Are all of these services the same? What should I be looking for? And what people recommend given their experience with them? Also, which ones play better with Linux?"

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  1. uh by tps12 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If your ISP is monitoring you, you're out of luck. All your packets are going down a wire to Comcast before they go to whatever "anonymizer" you use. Encryption would help, but if you're doing anything in plaintext then there's not much you can do to prevent them from looking in on it.

    (Note to the good folks at Verizon: I'll get my bill in the mail today, I promise.)

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  2. Why not drop the service? by dasunt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sure this will be the more expensive route, but drop cable (and explain that the reason you are dropping them is that they are monitoring your surfing habits), and get DSL.

    If enough people did this, the company will what they are doing or go out of business.

    After all, why pay for an inferior service?