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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. Goodbye Maggie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    RIP Margaret Hilda Thatcher. It's just been announced on the radio that she had one final stroke earlier today. A great woman and a great politician. Let's all be grateful for her actions in saving us from the working class and her part in the final defeat of socialism. Truly an English icon.

    1925-2008.