PeteMorris Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Victim, yeah right You were 'taken somewhere dodgy' Yeah, double right :hihi: Are you privy to my browsing habits? For a newcomer with 11 posts you seem to know all about me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exxon Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Shockingly what the government are trying to do is actually not law in the US, nor anywhere in Europe. This would make us the absolute number 1 when it comes to surveillance in the developed world, yay! I doubt that very much. In a recent child porn swoop they seemed to know who had logged onto what website without any help from service providors. Indeed I quite often get buzzed with spam adverts from companies who seem to be aware of what I've looked at online. I suspect that all this will just lead to a growth in the use of proxy servers. I appear to be logged onto this site from the USA. http://6proxy.space/b.php?u=yPCgLIcct%2BLMQ%2FZCIeC1mtGzPSYghmAuNkbo&b=29&f=norefer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I doubt that very much. In a recent child porn swoop they seemed to know who had logged onto what website without any help from service providors. Indeed I quite often get buzzed with spam adverts from companies who seem to be aware of what I've looked at online. I suspect that all this will just lead to a growth in the use of proxy servers. I appear to be logged onto this site from the USA. http://6proxy.space/b.php?u=yPCgLIcct%2BLMQ%2FZCIeC1mtGzPSYghmAuNkbo&b=29&f=norefer Isn't that more to do with 'cookies' on your computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exxon Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Isn't that more to do with 'cookies' on your computer? I hope not. If companies can already search my computer for cookies that are on it they are already into my private data and bank details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I hope not. If companies can already search my computer for cookies that are on it they are already into my private data and bank details. I hate to break this to you, but if you're not aware of 'cookies' on your computer...You've probably got loads. Unless you 'specifically' deny cookies in your system, they get planted by pretty much every site you visit. Have you never seen the various pop ups you get on various sites? They inform you of their intention to use 'cookies'. even this site you're on now! http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/misc.php?do=page&template=Privacy That's how the so called 'intelligent targeted advertising works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Regret Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Are you privy to my browsing habits? For a newcomer with 11 posts you seem to know all about me? Im assuming thats your real name so its perfectly possible i know you in the real world and not from here. I dont though just to be clear. I was actually just having some of the banter you told me about yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orzel Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 It's nice that government wants to protect us, but who will will protect us from government ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exxon Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I hate to break this to you, but if you're not aware of 'cookies' on your computer...You've probably got loads. Unless you 'specifically' deny cookies in your system, they get planted by pretty much every site you visit. Have you never seen the various pop ups you get on various sites? They inform you of their intention to use 'cookies'. even this site you're on now! http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/misc.php?do=page&template=Privacy That's how the so called 'intelligent targeted advertising works. You aren't breaking anything to me Pete. I'm pretty well aware of cookies and what they do. But that doesn't help someone spamming you via email because you logged onto a site about buying wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 You mean force 'criminals' to go 'underground'... No I dont mean that, I mean for people who dont like all this snooping of their private data. I am not a criminal but have a VPN proxy and also occasionally use the TOR browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bloke Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 This is wrong. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34715872 And I hope they don't back date it Why is it wrong? You are paying for a service and using the ISP's servers and equipment as part of that service. It's a log of what you've been using their service for, in the same way the telephone company logs who you rang, the gas company logs your usage and Google log.. all your online activity. It's very naive to think that you are anonymous on the internet. Every web site you access is logging you itself, regardless of cookies. Sheffield forum has logged my IP address, buried in the logs of Apache or NginX or whatever it uses. It could easily (and probably is) use Google Analytics to get a whole load of data about me - locale, OS, browser, ISP, pages etc. ISPs already record masses of data about what you do online, the sites you see, the files you download, and unless your data is heavily encrypted they can see everything you pass through their servers. If they didn't do this, then it would be impossible for them to judge the quality of service or be able to respond to existing requests for information from the authorities. All this law proposes is a minimum time period. If people want to perform criminal acts online, then unless they are idiots they already know how to circumnavigate their ISP logging their activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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