[Madlug] (spam) charter enhancing their service

[Brad Stone]

I haven't got a letter yet, but this is the equivalent to the phone
company listening in on your conversation and inserting ads when they
see fit. It's a form of digital wiretapping that goes beyond replacement
of ads.

Their opt out solution is difficult from a user perspective. Clearing
your cookies or switching to another browser requires you to opt out
again.

Everyone should protest this. At very least we should demand a price cut
if we opt out of this "enhanced" service.

Brad


-----Original Message-----
From: Marcin Antkiewicz <marcina at gmail.com>
To: madlug at madisonlinux.org
Subject: [Madlug] (spam) charter enhancing their service
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:59:51 -0500


It seems that Charter is trying to help their customers by figuring
out how to target ads based on your web traffic.

http://consumerist.com/5008801/charter-to-begin-tracking-users-searches-and-inserting-targeted-ads
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080513-charter-enhances-internet-service-with-targeted-ads.html

anyone got the letter?
--
Marcin Antkiewicz
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