Your internet privacy is now for sale to the highest bidder in Trumpistan

[dyresand]

Does the law mean you can actually purchase the Internet history associated with a name though? I didn't think that was how it worked. What's more likely is that ISPs will sell big blocks of data that are associated with an IP address, or maybe an IP / User Agent combo, so advertising companies know that if someone with the same IP address browses a website with their ad content, they can do a lookup and find an appropriate advert.

a normal person can't buy someones individual internet search history. The only way to get it is if you are a advertisement or something of the sort who wants to get their hands on bulk loads of IP addresses.  Either way you the person can still opt out of having your data sold off i know there is a comcast page and there is other things hell even calling them and saying don't sell my user data should be enough.

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I notice no appreciable difference in speed going from thread to thread or page to page between TOR and Firefox.  I suppose I should go download something to see if that makes a difference.  It would take a little getting used to.

Tor is a pretty good browser i like  it.

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Let's be honest, you should never completely trust any service. I would agree though that some things have left me questioning how useful Tor is these days...

NSA and the Government in general can pull your real IP off of the TOR network.
Hell even Tor says don't download or view PDF files because they can snatch your IP etc.
That and dont torrent with it because well people can grab your IP from P2P services and they say use a VPN.