Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users?

[Rishi Panthee <rishipanthee () ryamer com>]

I’ve got Akvorado and netflow to identify where traffic comes in/goes to so we can improve our peering and make less 
traffic go via transit. I did see an article about Team Cymru selling netflow data from ISPs to governments though. 
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3z9a/fbi-bought-netflow-data-team-cymru-contract


Rishi Panthee
Ryamer LLC
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rishipanthee () ryamer com


On May 15, 2023, at 5:59 PM, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:


And maybe try to monetize it? I'm pretty sure that they can be compelled to do that, but do they do it for their own 
reasons too? Or is this way too much overhead to be doing en mass? (I vaguely recall that netflow, for example, can 
make routers unhappy if there is too much "flow").

Obviously this is likely to depend on local laws but since this is NANOG we can limit it to here.

Mike