Charter Is Latest ISP To Plan Wiretapping Via DPI

Charter Communications has begun sending letters to its customers informing them that, in the name of an "enhanced user experience," it will begin spying on their traffic and inserting targeted ads. This sounds almost indistinguishable from what Phorm proposed doing in the UK. Lauren Weinstein issues a call to arms.

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Enhanced user experience

[Chris Burke]

Someone needs to tell Charter that you don't "enhance" suck.

Re:Enhanced user experience

[Tackhead]

Someone needs to tell Charter that you don't "enhance" suck.

IBM:Apple::Comcast:Charter.

Proof by Advertising follows:

IBM: Think.
Apple: Think Different.

Comcast: Suck.
Charter: Suck Different.

Re:Enhanced user experience

[sqldr]

Microsoft: We finally made something that doesn't suck.. a vacuum cleaner!

And in other news...

[sm62704]

The McDonald's Corporation has begun sending letters to its customers informing them that, in the name of an "enhanced user experience," it will begin using cat poo on their hamburgers as condiments and inserting...

Re:And in other news...

[Anonymous Coward]

and this would differ from current practices how exactly?

Re:A plugin needed perhaps?

[TheGratefulNet]

I tried that.

the snag I ran into was that the plugin was 'intercepted/replaced' and I got an ENITRELY different plugin.

that plugin never really replaced the ads properly. hmmm..

(I'll say it again, DPI is quite evil! JUST SAY NO to isp's that do this shit to you and don't give you at least an opt-out from it.)

Re:Goodbye Maggie

[damiangerous]

Margaret Thatcher and Stephen King on the same day? What are the odds?

Re:Call to arms?

[davester666]

And to increase your security, we have to listen to all your phone calls.

Re:Instant Global Collapse

[slashname3]

I don't want all the worlds wealth. Just a very small percentage will do. There is plenty to go around for everyone on /.

Re:A plugin needed perhaps?

[wootcat]

I wouldn't want to block the Charter interceptions so much as log them, then take Charter to court demanding payment for advertising via my site.

1. Create ad placeholders on my site that aren't really ads, but look like them to Charter's system.
2. Create outrageous price structure for ads.
3. Log all instances of interception.
4. Bill Charter.
5. ???
6. PROFIT!!!

(Now I just need to get that down to 3 steps - everyone knows you have to profit by step 3)

Re:Instant Global Collapse

[TubeSteak]

I don't want all the worlds wealth. Just a very small percentage will do. There is plenty to go around for everyone on /. PETER
Well, how does it work?

MICHAEL
It's pretty brilliant. What it does is where there's a bank
transaction, and the interests are computed in the thousands a day in
fractions of a cent, which it usually rounds off. What this does is it
takes those remainders and puts it into your account.

PETER
This sounds familiar.

MICHAEL
Yeah. They did this in Superman III.

PETER
Yeah. What a good movie.

Re:Call to arms?

[Anonymous Coward]

I couldn't help notice that the linked article doesn't use the word "cerulean" at all, but slashdot doesn't seem to mind upping the rhetorical ante in that regard. I'm not saying it ISN'T cerulean; I'm just saying the language is argumentative on purpose.

All they said was "A hue approaching the color of the clear sky in the daytime" How dare slahsdot suggest that it's cerulean.

A big thank you to Paul Allen

[Hans Lehmann]

Who's the chairman of Charter? Paul G. Allen, of Microsoft fame. here's his picture. If any of your out there work in food service and Paul Allen happens to come into your establishment, remember to spit in his food. Strictly for "enhanced user experience", of course.