{"id":2919,"date":"2010-07-29T11:49:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T10:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2015-09-09T19:37:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:37:27","slug":"uk-isp-talktalk-monitoring-users-without-consent-deep-packet-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2010\/07\/uk-isp-talktalk-monitoring-users-without-consent-deep-packet-inspection\/","title":{"rendered":"UK ISP TalkTalk Monitoring Users Without Consent (Deep Packet Inspection)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well this can be looked at in a number of ways, many would say “If you’ve nothing to hide, why worry?” – but then we know people in the UK can be fairly fanatical when it comes to issues regarding privacy. Also TalkTalk are claiming it’s an anonymous system, so actual user details aren’t stored.<\/p>\n
Either way it’s a bit shady doing this kind of monitoring without even notifying your users and not offering any way of opting out from the exercise.<\/p>\n
Plus the fact is, most of the major browsers already have this kind of technology built in and so does Google if people rely on it as their main search engine. It reminds me a little of the recent article Australians Propose \u2018No Anti-virus \u2013 No Internet Connection\u2019 Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK could be about to incur the wrath of privacy campaigners after some of its customers spotted that their online website browsing activity was being monitored and recorded without consent. The situation has caused a significant amount of concern with many end-users worried about the impact upon their personal privacy.<\/p>\n