Re: Stopping loss of transparency...

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb at cs.columbia.edu>]

In message <43033596.5040208 at zurich.ibm.com>, Brian E Carpenter writes:
>Roland,
>
>You can ask some pointed questions using RFC 4084 ("exactly which
>of these descriptions applies to your service, and please show
>me in the contract where you are allowed to change your service
>without notice").  But I suspect that even free copies of
>RFC 1958, 2775, 3234 and 4084 will not be enough to convince them.
>

Publicity might help.  A few years ago, my local cable ISP (Comcast) 
deployed a "transparent" web proxy.  This prompted a lot of outrage, 
including claims that they were violating the wiretap law.  They backed 
down in about a week.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb



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