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AT&T Stops Using 'Super Cookies' To Track Cellphone Data

Posted by timothy on from the turns-out-people-hate-that dept.

jriding (1076733) writes AT&T Mobility, the nation's second-largest cellular provider, says it's no longer attaching hidden Internet tracking codes to data transmitted from its users' smartphones. The practice made it nearly impossible to shield its subscribers' identities online. Would be nice to hear something similar from Verizon.

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  1. Hear something similar from Verizon? Riiight. by jthill · · Score: 4, Informative

    They believe being "compelled" to carry traffic with the content of which theydecide to disagree is a violation of their first amendment rights.

    If you're like me, you flat-out rejected that statement, on sight. Right? There is simply no way that statement isn't some overhyped overheated drama? Clickbait or karma whoring or somebody nursing a grudge?

    By denying Internet service providers their editorial discretion and by compelling them to convey content providers’ messages with which they may disagree, the Order violates broadband providers’ First Amendment rights

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    As always, all IMO. Insert "I think" everywhere grammatically possible.