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...
  • 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.