It’s absolutely crazy that the land of GDPR can legally implement a tracking mechanism this invasive. I guess this is legal because it doesn’t use cookies, and they “obtain consent”?
Two things that make Utiq absolutely terrible (and imho illegal)
1. It's crazy that any person who is using my internet connection (guest wifi?) can give "consent" that leads to everyone else being tracked.
2. ISPs are abusing their highly privileged position. It's not easy to switch providers (if at all possible), so as "gatekeepers" they should behave responsibly (c.f. DMA designated Gatekeepers etc) and not abuse their power.
It is not particularly difficult to switch to providers that have their own local connections if they supply your area either (in the UK, at least).
possibly, but there are UK providers who sell at a premium to users who would largely hate thi - e.g. Zen of A & A.
> Anyone sane would think we need forbidding laws as broad, vague and expeditive as the ones they use to justify DRMs and shit so corporate won't even try to fuck around because it'd be so easy to find out.
Who is going to pay for the lobbying for those !?
So even if you do switch providers, chances are you are using one of the same (if not the actual same) provider, and got perhaps other options in those 4 groups. There's an actual coverage map by our Ministry for Digital Transformation[^2] that shows what actual coverage there is. Sometimes there's "Aire Networks" or others, but mostly it's the four large groups I mentioned before.
[^1]: https://masorange.es/en/brands/ [^2]: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/275e90e49dc544ef94e...
In OSI terms, OpenReach does layers 1 and 2, and the ISP is responsible for 3. That means your IP addresses, your IPv6 PD, etc are all on the ISP. If you change ISPs, it’s a whole new IP infra even if it uses the same OpenReach cables.