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Luckily VPN does a good job of defending against ISP logging like this. Well, if you make sure to use encrypted DNS, instead of using the default ISP DNS.

And do not use Google's "free" DNS either.

"Free" means "We will sell your private surfing habits to the highest bidder".

Patrick says

And do not use Google's "free" DNS either.

"Free" means "We will sell your private surfing habits to the highest bidder".

Not just the highest bidder, but anyone who can cough up some coin.

Ppl, I've been using a VPN for the past 15 years.

What's taking everyone so long? It's widely known that ISPs sell surfing info on their customers all the time.

Rin says

Ppl, I've been using a VPN for the past 15 years.

Which VPN do you use @Rin and what does it cost?

I like Reliable Hosting and they have a range of prices from $50-$70 per year, depending upon what services you buy.

Lots of proxy servers all over the globe so you can change if your regional site is in maintenance mode.

Thanks, I'll check them out.

I'll use a VPN much of the time. But sometimes I have to turn it off because a site won't load. So I find myself keeping it off much of the time. I'll then turn it back on for a month or so. I have so much browsing data out there having been on the internet since I was like 12-13 I think. Didn't really know what it would turn into or frankly care.

Not all the time now, but I have found that the VPN will get me different prices for hotels and air travel depending where I'm surfing the web from. I know it was a thing a decade or so ago. Price it based on the financial demographics of the area you're selling to so you can still get a sale. Basically if you can get 40% margin from someone in NYC, you might take 20% from someone in Duluth, MN booking a certain trip/location. Not sure if that practice has been outlawed. Very hard to enforce though and very few people would ever think of it.

WookieMan says

I'll use a VPN much of the time. But sometimes I have to turn it off because a site won't load. So I find myself keeping it off much of the time. I'll then turn it back on for a month or so

For me, since I used to work at a financial firm onsite, the last thing I'd want is for them to see someone posting pro-hoeing memos from their corporate IP.

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-mass-surveillance-program-ruled-illegal/

The UK intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) violated the freedom to privacy through its mass interception of online communications, ruled the grand chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The court also ruled that the regime for data collection was unlawful.

A legal challenge to GCHQ’s mass interception of online communications was launched in 2013, following NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations that the spy agency was intercepting, storing, and processing the data from millions of people’s private communications. One of the applicants, a human rights group called Liberty, described Tuesday’s ruling as a “landmark victory.”

I doubt that this will change anything.

The spying on you while you poop will continue, because it brings power and profit the elite.

I think Britain is nearing a second French Revolution, not a second American Revolution. And it will be very well deserved.