ISP's analyse your traffic to pimp adverts

[NoddY]

From the Reg:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02...orm_documents/

"Internal BT documents obtained by The Register for the first time provide solid technical information on how data from millions of BT, Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse customers will be pumped into a new advertising system."

Really bad phorm I would say!

[miffy]

Someone posted a linky to that yesterday.

It's not good news really, but then with the cost of broadband connections now (almost peanuts) they obviously want their money back from somewhere!

I saved over £300 last year by moving onto a Virgin bundle so I'm obviously happy.

I block all ad's anyway. I have a plug-in for IE and one for squid on the proxy at home. Makes life more bearable, some sites have so much advertising it's impossible to tollerate them for more than 10 seconds (or am I just becoming an old foggie).

[AtW]

I block all ad's anyway.

Yes, but they will know you are a CUK board poster...

[miffy]

Yes, but they will know you are a CUK board poster...

True.

My browsing habits are pretty boring really. I only visit about a dozen sites regularly. The odd warez site will make their red lights come on though!

Oh, and usenet

[hyperD]

I'm doomed - my wife and I share the same broadband connection - she's gonna know I surf youporn.com with all the dirty ads she's gonna get!

[EternalOptimist]

Someone posted a linky to that yesterday.

It's not good news really, but then with the cost of broadband connections now (almost peanuts) they obviously want their money back from somewhere!

I saved over £300 last year by moving onto a Virgin bundle so I'm obviously happy.

I block all ad's anyway. I have a plug-in for IE and one for squid on the proxy at home. Makes life more bearable, some sites have so much advertising it's impossible to tollerate them for more than 10 seconds (or am I just becoming an old foggie).

what ?
you are boasting about saving £300 in a year !!!
a proper contractor boasts about making an additional £300 in an afternoon !!
begone with you

[bogeyman]

Hello and welcome to the future

From now on, your ISP will own and sell your click trails, tied into your real ID, your credit card number, your address, postcode and phone number.

They will analyze and profile your surfing habits and sell the results to anyone who will pay.

Your every online thought, wish and expression will be neatly categorized by your ISP and turned into a 'data-mineable' resource for every marketeer who wants to buy in.

The information your ISP has on you, and your surfing habits, is the ultimate marketeer's wet dream.

From here on in, you will have no privacy online.

Get used to it.

[bogeyman]

I block all ad's anyway

You're missing the point Miffy.

Targeted advertising is the least of the issues.

They (ISPs) are analyzing your surfing habits and will use that to build a profile of your preferences and habits. They will no doubt sell this information.

This is a sinister, yet inevitable, consequence of the Internet.

[OwlHoot]

Once more people cotton on to what is happening, there will be more of a market for anonymous proxies which web clients with static IP addresses can pay a small subscription to use and have all their HTTP transfers encrypted via https, and end URLs encrypted, so their ISPs can't analyze the traffic or even which sites are being visited.

[realityhack]

Someone posted a linky to that yesterday.

That was me, linky.

Let's not miss the point here, this isn't merely about targeted advertising. Read up.