innoman-Premium
join:2002-05-07
Dallas, TX
kudos:1 | How can they know? I didn't think they could tell. This is really starting to get old. It's my data plan, I should be able to use it as I please. I think the most data I have used in the past year in a given month is 4GB, usually much less than 2GB most months. |
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| they can read your packets and see what you are doing. it's pretty easy to tell what web browser you are using when you break apart http packets.
solution: secured vpn. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to innoman
said by innoman:I didn't think they could tell. I'm sure the phone reports you.
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flbas1
join:2010-02-03
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to innoman
background windows updates (for windows or windows-only programs)
browser packet sniffing - specifically looking at user agent string - maybe get Safari on your PC and change the string to claim it is an iPhone? |
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innoman-Premium
join:2002-05-07
Dallas, TX
kudos:1 | reply to ArrayList
Well yeah, they could totally do that but it's going a bit far. I do have secure VPN setup but it's flaky, I need to do some work on it. |
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innoman-Premium
join:2002-05-07
Dallas, TX
kudos:1 | reply to KrK
I don't think it works quite like that. But anything is possible. It is all going over the same APN. |
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innoman-Premium
join:2002-05-07
Dallas, TX
kudos:1 Reviews:
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These are all things they could do but it requires packet inspection and that's diving a little too deep in my opinion, ISPs should not be allowed to do that without court order (in my opinion at least). Besides, a device is fully capable of running a browser which returns a UA string response of a different browser.
To be honest, I rarely tether and usually just when I am at an airport that doesn't have wifi-- I also don't get crazy with it, I probably transfer, at most 200-300MB in a given month, max, over tethered connection. Most months, I don't tether much, if any, at all. I do use the hell out of some spotify syncing playlists, etc... |
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flbas1
join:2010-02-03
Fort Lauderdale, FL | said by innoman:but it requires packet inspection and that's diving a little too deep in my opinion, ISPs should not be allowed to do that without court order ISP's are doing packet inspection - court ordered or reasonable or not. They don't care - just sell the data and make more money. The average consumer doesn't understand how or why, and just accepts it. This is bad because your opinion (which I share) isn't generally accepted.
said by innoman:a browser which returns a UA string response of a different browser Again - Most people don't understand how or why.
(sarcasm)in the eyes of ATT, you sir are the reason the country is in disarray. You are the reason why national security is low ( »www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/jailbreak/ ). And you are the reason ATT needs to increase it's infrastructure ( »www.businessweek.com/magazine/co···4852.htm ) while only meeting street estimates ( »www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/techn···nes.html )
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I'm with you on this one too. If you are buying food from the grocery store, should you get different rates based on how you prepare it? I like the food analogy best because there are different ways to get food (large stores, small stores, etc) - and it spoils quickly - just like wireless data plans. Plan Data is only good for about 30 days, and then you have to buy a new bucket of GB's. |
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innoman-Premium
join:2002-05-07
Dallas, TX
kudos:1 | agreed!! on all counts.
I feel like there would be a case in court--if we were allowed to take it to court.  |
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flbas1
join:2010-02-03
Fort Lauderdale, FL | »consumerist.com/2011/04/att-mand···mer.html
but, i like the way these guys think:
»www.billingworld.com/news/2011/0···ion.aspx |
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | I love AT&T response. It effectively states "Binding Arbitration is only for us to deny what the customer wants, it's NOT for the customer to deny what we want! Duh!"
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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