If you are on Comcast read this

http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-punishes-bittorrent-pirates-with-browser-hijack-130227/

There are some ways around this, but it should be read and understood that you no longer have a right to do what you want on the internet.

BTW if you are wondering how this is done:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_packet_inspection

bunch of BS cant say much else pretty soon i wont be able to check my email without telling someone ... wasnt the internet saposta be a way to do w/e

I am so glaaaad i dont have comcast

BiOHaZaRDGeN wrote:I am so glaaaad i dont have comcast

THing here is that Comcast is coming out saying they are going to be enforcing what they have been doing already for a couple years. Bare in mind that almost all cable/digital service companies are doing it but not saying it.

DogManDan wrote:you no longer have a right to do what you want on the internet.

You never really did.

Is optimum and comcast the same thing or no?

SwiftDrift27 wrote:Is optimum and comcast the same thing or no?

Optimum is Cablevison not Comcast, but I have no doubt they are doing the same thing as Comcast.

DogManDan wrote:

THing here is that Comcast is coming out saying they are going to be enforcing what they have been doing already for a couple years. Bare in mind that almost all cable/digital service companies are doing it but not saying it.

hhm weirdi feel i am being watched xD

I wonder if using a proxy service (like Hide My Ass or others) helps in this situation. Canadians use such to watch US of A content that's location sensitive (like US Netflix etc.)

zarny wrote:I wonder if using a proxy service (like Hide My Ass or others) helps in this situation. Canadians use such to watch US of A content that's location sensitive (like US Netflix etc.)

This type of proxy service can block out advertising and most regular level things, but the network itself and packet data sent from your modem no matter how you hide it, is still all seen and controlled by the cable/media companies. The only thing really is that in this case Comcast is coming out and saying openly they are watching us and at the same time have been doing it for years like it or not.

how about SSL connections? This cant possibly be read.

zarny wrote:how about SSL connections? This cant possibly be read.

Oh yes it can. That is easier to read than other things.

how can an SSL connection between me and another party be read for content??

Everything goes thru DPI regardless of SSL or HTTP or HTTPS or proxy server doesnt matter.

zarny wrote:I wonder if using a proxy service (like Hide My Ass or others) helps in this situation. Canadians use such to watch US of A content that's location sensitive (like US Netflix etc.)

Many VPN services, like the very popular HideMyAss, keep logs of all your activity and will gladly offer it up to those that ask for it. This means your data is barely safer than if you had foregone the VPN in the first place.

(Found: http://lifehacker.com/5936938/how-do-i-torrent-safely-now-that-demonoid-is-down) Not All VPNs Are Created Equal - towards the bottom of the article

Well I'm not afraid because I don't do anything illegal. I considered getting VPN likee my friends, but I don't watch that much TV that I would benefit from using USA Netflix versus Canadian one. However, I wonder what happened to my privacy when I read the news on Comcast because I see the potential for the same from Canadian providers.