UK ISP TalkTalk Caught Monitoring Its Customers

[wraggster]

The UK ISP TalkTalk has been caught using a form of Deep Packet Inspection technology to monitor and record the websites that its customers visit, without getting their explicit consent. The system, which is not yet fully in place, ultimately aims to help block malware websites by comparing the URL that a person visits against a list of good and bad sites. Bad sites will then be restricted. TalkTalk claims that its method is totally anonymous and that the only people with visibility of the URL database itself are Chinese firm Huawei, which will no doubt help everybody to feel a lot better (apply sarc mark here) about potentially having their privacy invaded.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/...-Its-Customers

[VampDude]

Hah, only visible to a Chinese firm.

No thank you, the Chinese very sadly are known for stealing personal information.