your ISP can now sell your internet browsing data to the highest bidder

esh dov ets

esh dov ets

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SneekyNinja said:
Meta-data is available by virtue of the underlying network protocol and doesn't really include much; IP address, browser, and a few other things.

What you need to be worried about is if Google start selling personalised search history or analytics data to 3rd parties or your ISP tracking the packets you send/receive.

For example, Google Analytics even tracks the site you entered another site from and the site you went to when you leave.
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That's just google. So far the guy at the top is supposed to be an ok guy . I've heard. But it will change hands. Do you know if google canntrack you if you don't use Google products? I think you have to be using chrome or a google app.... I don't think they track me if i have youtube open and use a different window to browse or if I don't go to any google pages. Also if you are not singed in to google that means they don't have permission.
Edit: unless you use chrome. It is in the permission just to use it.
 
esh dov ets

esh dov ets

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Duckduckgo says they don't keep records of your search history, but i have a sneeky feeling it's a lie. Or that it is spliced into the milatary or something
 
SneekyNinja

SneekyNinja

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esh dov ets said:
That's just google. So far the guy at the top is supposed to be an ok guy . I've heard. But it will change hands. Do you know if google canntrack you if you don't use Google products? I think you have to be using chrome or a google app.... I don't think they track me if i have youtube open and use a different window to browse or if I don't go to any google pages. Also if you are not singed in to google that means they don't have permission.
Edit: unless you use chrome. It is in the permission just to use it.
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The Google Analytics side of things tracks any visitors to your site, it's all setup server side (please note I haven't used it personally in a few years, but I assume the fundamentals haven't changed).
 
esh dov ets

esh dov ets

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SneekyNinja said:
The Google Analytics side of things tracks any visitors to your site, it's all setup server side (please note I haven't used it personally in a few years, but I assume the fundamentals haven't changed).
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oh so if the site has it it tracks you if you visit it?
 
SneekyNinja

SneekyNinja

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esh dov ets said:
President Trump Will Decide If Internet Providers Can Sell User Data

http://www.newsy.com/stories/bill-undoing-internet-privacy-laws-headed-to-trump-s-desk/?utm_content=bufferffba8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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The thing these idiots don't realise is they're actually forcing advances in security and cryptography.

The reason WhatsApp is under fire recently is because the terrorist who attacked London last week used their service, but his messages are virtually inaccessible due to robust end to end encryption...

But they only introduced end to end encryption in response to stories about Govt snooping and such.

And the issue with the more robust encryption is that (barring luck) a complicated enough algorithm can take longer than a natural human lifetime to decrypt.
 
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