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Charter Is Latest ISP To Plan Wiretapping Via DPI

Posted by kdawson on from the bad-phorm dept.

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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  1. Enhanced user experience by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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    1. Re:Enhanced user experience by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

  2. And in other news... by sm62704 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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...

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    mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
  3. Re:A plugin needed perhaps? by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.)

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  4. Re:Goodbye Maggie by damiangerous · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  5. Re:Instant Global Collapse by slashname3 · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  6. Re:Call to arms? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.