Entrusting our speech to multiple different corporate actors is always risky. Yet given how most of the internet is currently structured, our online expression largely depends on a set of private companies ranging from our direct Internet service providers and platforms, to upstream ISPs (sometimes...
  • xePBMg9English
    451·
    2 years ago

    Your ISP should have no insight in to your traffic at all. Therefore unable to make any judgement on what traffic to block and what not to block. With the exception of volume of traffic and to where it is going.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      I remember getting a warning years ago from an ISP I don’t use anymore that my service would be cut off if I downloaded a pirate torrent again. Why the fuck were they paying attention to what I was doing? Even if it was piracy, it was none of their fucking business and they wouldn’t be implicated. I’ve used a VPN ever since.

      • An_Ugly_Bastard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        2 years ago

        You’re ISP didn’t care. The production companies are the ones finding out your IP address. Your ISP is just passing the message along.

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
      44·
      2 years ago

      Although I do agree they should have no insight, I’d rather the insight they currently have be used to actually block sites from bad actors than just spying on you to most likely sell your data.