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Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users?
From: "Robert Mathews (OSIA)" <mathews () hawaii edu>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 12:05:20 -0400
On 5/17/23 12:06 AM, Mark Tinka wrote:
On 5/16/23 16:55, Saku Ytti wrote:I can't tell what large is. But I've worked for enterprise ISP and consumer ISPs, and none of the shops I worked for had capability to monetise information they had. And the information they had was increasingly low resolution. Infraprovider are notoriously bad even monetising their infra. [ .... ]I tend to agree. ISP's are, generally, terrible at evolving beyond selling bandwidth.While there might be some ISP's that are able to monetize the data they collect - to whatever degree that monetization is useful - I'd hazard that the majority don't do this because it requires a different mindset that most ISP's simply don't have.Mark.
For those who may have a broader interest in the topic of user/subscriber information collection by ISPs....
Eight Years Holding ISPs to Account in Latin America: A Comparative Outlook of Victories and Challenges for User Privacy
By Veridiana Alimonti May 12, 2023 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/eight-years-holding-isps-account-latin-america-comparative-outlook-victories-and All the best -- /Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil. Principal Technologist &Distinguished Research Scholar - National Security Affairs & Industrial Preparedness
Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications University of Hawai'i/
Current thread:
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users?, (continued)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Tom Beecher (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Josh Luthman (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Livingood, Jason via NANOG (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Michael Thomas (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Livingood, Jason via NANOG (May 17)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Tom Beecher (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? michael brooks - ESC (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Saku Ytti (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Michael Thomas (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Mark Tinka (May 16)
- Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users? Robert Mathews (OSIA) (May 17)