Government spying

Oblivion

bod1467 wrote: »

I think people who take effort to hide their browsing history are most likely the ones to be targeted.

So what happens if say in IE you bring up a new tab and select In Private Browsing ... does that only stop a record of sites visited being recorded on your PC ... but still allow the ISP to keep a full record of your activity?

cajef

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Perhaps you should use TalkTalk

If I remember rightly going on his past posts that is who the OP does use.:rotfl:

ChiefGrasscutter

Yes, the ISP will still record this in "private browsing"

What will be more interesting is how the free coffee shops wi-fi's etc are going to handle this.
Their own ISP will be recording all the websites from all the customers en-masse from the coffee shop's IP address.
Is the coffee shop going to have to keep a legally verifiable and audit passing record of which customers were connected to their wifi at any instant and how are they going to do this....and just having customers enter up some spoof email address on connecting does not seem to pass the test of such a record.
Edit: I suppose they could keep a record of each devices' mac number - but its all going to mean more cost.

50Twuncle

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Yes, the ISP will still record this in "private browsing"

What will be more interesting is how the free coffee shops wi-fi's etc are going to handle this.
Their own ISP will be recording all the websites from all the customers en-masse from the coffee shop's IP address.
Is the coffee shop going to have to keep a legally verifiable and audit passing record of which customers were connected to their wifi at any instant and how are they going to do this....and just having customers enter up some spoof email address on connecting does not seem to pass the test of such a record.
Edit: I suppose they could keep a record of each devices' mac number - but its all going to mean more cost.

MAC addresses are a giveaway !!

SailorSam

bod1467 wrote: »

I think people who take effort to hide their browsing history are most likely the ones to be targeted.

Just to be on the safe side i've been to delete all my browsing history.....
I've been reading !!!!!! sites all morning.

debitcardmayhem

cajef wrote: »

If I remember rightly going on his past posts that is who the OP does use.:rotfl:

Yep guilty m'lud, but not for much longer:p

AndyPix

50Twuncle wrote: »

MAC addresses are a giveaway !!

No - I can spoof my mac address with one line of code and make it be anything I like

Oblivion

I wouldn't worry too much ... very soon there won't be enough energy left to power your computer, never mind any ISP's activities ...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34723259

onomatopoeia99

50Twuncle wrote: »

MAC addresses are a giveaway !!

Trivially spoofed.

They only traverse the local network segment anyway, when I post this MSE has no idea what my MAC address is. A coffee shop would, but like I say, you can set it to whatever you like.

SailorSam

Thanks for that Oblivion, between 4.30 and 6.30pm
I'll have my tea early in case the microwave goes off.