Answer to your question Adam is no. The “Super Cookie” is an interesting point to bring up because it’s something that was done on the device and they just so happen to be a service provider. Obviously this can be done by any of the folks that create OS’s and works way better with social media platforms. Microsoft, Android, any Linux Distro, appliance and Apple could do the same thing as well as your local neighborhood hacker.
Sadly I agree that this has pointed many fingers at ISP’s that know better than heading down this road and have no dog in this fight. The few that want this are hiding under the label as ISP. Dustin From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 7:05 PM To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] Semi OT: Selling web browsing history Has anyone here been offered money for data on clients web browsing or other online activity? Have you ever sought and found a company that would buy it? Is there a known case of an ISP doing this? I'm betting all 3 are "no". A couple of friends are going nuts on Facebook about the reversal of a law that would prohibit ISP's from selling or sharing various types of data. The law was signed under the previous administration, but never took effect. Until now I'd not even heard of it. I singled out the most vehement one and told him to calm down. I told him of all the types of data we'd be prohibited from sharing (Medical, financial, social security etc) we don't actually have most of it to begin with. Of all the cited things we're allegedly "allowed" to share/sell, the only thing I conceivably could produce would be a web browsing history. Ok, so if I wanted to sell that, who's buying? I argue that you should be more worried about Google and Facebook....who really do have access to a crapload of your data. And what is so secret in your browser history anyway? One person brought up a case of a Verizon Wireless "Super Cookie" (X-UIDH header inserted into HTTP requests). A case where incidentally the FCC told them people needed an opt-out option and fined them $1.3mil for not having it.......without any additional rules. And the so-called super cookie only allowed web services to uniquely identify the device and key their own data around it....Verizon wasn't "sharing" anything. Ultimately I don't care whether there's such a rule or not. It seems irrelevant. It's like a rule telling me not to share my space shuttle with anyone. I'm like, "Sure, no problem." If there's a reason I should be excited/alarmed, someone please educate me. -Adam
