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Canadian ISP Shoulder Surfing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wishing-for-the-good-old-days-of-1984 dept.

1nfamous writes "Canada's Largest ISP, Bell Sympatico, has informed its customers that it intends to 'monitor or investigate content or your use of your service provider's networks and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy any laws, regulations or other governmental request.' The new customer service agreement is effective June 15, 2006."

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  1. Capitalism at work! Yeah! by drDugan · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Hmmmm. Yet another example of a corporation trying to provide the LEAST acceptible product the market will accept.

    Economists will argue that consumers have a "choice" and should vote with their feet to another provider if they don't like this practice.

    But every corporate entity under capitalism is driven to provide the MINIMUM quality they can get away with (If they don't they fail), so the alternatives are typically not much better for consumers.

    There is still no real voice for individuals to counter the "voice" (read: money) of corporate entities.

    *sigh*

    There ARE real alternatives, but people don't take them seriously.