Setting the Record Straight on Tor
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Someone was likely threatened with disconnection for the former. This is probably the source of the confusion.
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2011-June/02...
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/six-steps-nsa-attack-tor/
Yes they can tell if you use TOR. TOR is like a VPN, it can be detected but it doesn't tell the ISP what you are doing while you use it.
If you are an exit node they see all the traffic in clear.
Yes, if its an exit node that is the case.
It also, as a secondary effect, might incline us to look more favorably on Comcast's arguments regarding backbone capacity negotiations.
That is why I'm kinda amused by the positive posts.
They said they don't monitor people's browsers and http connections. TOR wouldn't look like that at all to them. Its a lie of omission. They clearly monitor Torrents, etc.
Whoever said it, they said it before the dawn of the internet. What was once a figurative embellishment is now the literal truth. This story was almost everywhere on social media before any of the high level people at Comcast had the chance to put their shoes on and show up at work on Monday morning to comment on it.
Any app, but not on any device as I found out when I tried to activate HBO GO on a Roku. Apparently if Comcast is your ISP, you cannot use HBO GO on your Roku (or PS3 for that matter).
EDIT: You can see what devices are supported here: http://www.hbogo.com/activate/
I can use the HBO Android app with Comcast just fine and push to a Chromecast, but not the Roku.
It's a ridiculous situation, Comcast is intentionally blocking Roku while HBO is embracing it.
Its important to note that there is a difference between what they restrict in the way of internet traffic, and what they sponsor in terms of allowing access to specific content over the internet.
The services that you log into via your Comcast account (I use HBO Go, HGTV, NBC Live Extra...) are provided by an agreement between the content provider and the carrier. They aren't stopping you from using HBO Go on a Roku with their internet service, and your friend with FiOS can hook his Roku up and watch shows at your house over your Xfinity connection.
I guess it's more that you cannot activate HBO Go on a Roku using your Comcast credentials as Comcast is not an option in that configuration. Not that they block the traffic or something.
I agree with the distinction, still just as irritated.
" ...educational and voluntary copyright program." -- volunteer, hum, afaik and from what I recall from seeing these in the past; by clicking on any of the links in one of those emails, you are admitting guilt. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I take it that if you respond to these you admit that you downloaded something & if you just ignore there is nothing you (comcast) can do to prove otherwise (what if you have an open network, share your key with friends, etc.) Likewise, who would want to volunteer for a program that profiles what their downloading. While you say you don't "terminate" users based on copyright infringement, the fact is that you are monitoring your users to differentiate who's doing what. I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I don't believe this PR stunt. I know it means nothing, since I'm from the internet (and who should take me seriously), but I've been a corporate customer, and have worked with residential users of comcast, and would not doubt nefarious monitoring. If you would like anyone to take you seriously proof would be nice, not just a inconsequential mess of "yeah, we promise we're not monitoring you, and I, Jason, am using tor, so it's okay." For one you're the VP, no one would dare step on your toes, you don't count! "
Since when is this "voluntary"? I'm guessing in that if you choose not to subscribe to any ISP, I guess you wouldn't be 'enrolled' in the program, but you also wouldn't have internet service, about as 'voluntary' as breathing is to life.
Clear, accessible, no weasel words, no lawyer-speak, to the point and with a human touch to round it of.
The fact that they don't address it at all suggests to me that they haven't drafted a damage-controlled explanation yet.
They are skilled at PR, but are not necessarily telling the truth.
The thing is, a client connection to the TOR network wouldn't look like a HTTP request. So "No we don't monitor your browser traffic" is the equivalent of saying "Yes, we do monitor if you do something other than use a browser to surf the web" in a situation where the object of discussion isn't a browser.
I'd take this as evidence they monitor every connection that isn't over http ... which happens to include VPNs and Tor. Otherwise, they would have just said "We do not monitor your internet connection except to gather aggregate statistics for billing purposes".
They damn well better not be.
The 180 day policy is also mentioned in the Comcast Law Enforcement Handbook that leaked in 2007."
https://torrentfreak.com/how-long-does-your-isp-store-ip-add...
https://blog.ryankearney.com/2013/01/comcast-caught-intercep...
They are clearly logging some things. I'm mostly amused people want to downvote my comment and pretend it isn't happening.
That sounds like they keep the DHCP logs for that long, i.e. which subscriber's router was assigned a particular IP address at a particular time. That's a far cry from logging actual traffic.
(I'm not saying it's good.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_light_control_and_coord...
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/business/videolog/
"The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) maintains traffic cameras on many interstates and other New Jersey State highway systems. The cameras are mounted on poles and record traffic conditions, traffic delays, incidents and weather conditions. They are monitored around the clock at NJDOT's Statewide Traffic Management Center.
In the Department's video camera system, video is recorded and retained at NJDOT for seven (7) days. "
You were saying?
That implies in relation to browser/web surfing. In relation to that, it implies browser history to me.
I've stopped reading many movie related subs because of it.
But when my fairly conservative parents hate a company enough to desire government regulation against them... That company truly must be that horrible.
One person makes a negative post about it and gets to the front page so other people think "I know, I'll also make a negative post and get to the front page and get a ton of karma." And everyone upvotes people who confirm their own opinions.
Now because of the reputation, anyone who is going to talk to Comcast will record the call, just in case. And the people who do have the call go bad will quick post it to reddit to get popular.