Re: Charter's plan to tamper with user's web traffic and read the

A Texan From Connecticut wrote:


> Privacy The Internet
> 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. 
> 
> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1832256
> 
> 
They aren't approaching this the right way. They need to pretend that 
their customers are getting something in exchange for the invasion of 
their privacy. Something like the supermarkets do.

The ISP could easily do something similar to the "loyalty" ID cards. 
They could triple the price of the service and then put a link on their 
home page telling you how you could get service at the normal price by 
joining their privacy invasion club. They could alternate popups with 
periodic encouragement telling you how much you are saving by being a 
member of the "club".