It also reminds us how many people are looking at our traffic, to be able to discern whether we're looking at 0.facebook.com or other sites. I don't suppose I can get the "free" access from my Tor-enabled android browser, but at least I can shield my browsing patterns from nosy carriers. <https://www.torproject.org/docs/android.html.en>
How soon before someone finds a way to proxy tunnel through 0.facebook.com? --Wendy On 01/26/2011 01:42 PM, Lauren Weinstein wrote: > > Facebook announces *no data charges* mobile access thanks to "carrier deals" > http://bit.ly/gHNOH4 (Google Buzz) > > - - - > > http://bit.ly/edH9yF (Facebook Blog) > > "Thanks to the help of mobile operators we collaborated with, people > can access 0.facebook.com without any data charges. Using > 0.facebook.com is completely free. People will only pay for data > charges when they view photos or when they leave 0.facebook.com to > browse other mobile sites. When they click to view a photo or browse > another mobile site a notification page will appear to confirm that > they will be charged if they want to leave 0.facebook.com" > > - - - > > The implications of this range from fascinating to bizarre to > worrisome. In particular, I would *very* much like to know "what's in > it" for this long list of (currently non-U.S.) mobile carriers. Are > they playing along with Facebook out of the goodness of their hearts? > Unlikely. So if you want to access Facebook, that's free. But if you > want to access Google, you have to pay data charges. Hmm ... > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org > Founder: > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein > Google Buzz: http://bit.ly/lauren-buzz > Quora: http://www.quora.com/Lauren-Weinstein > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com > > -- Wendy Seltzer -- [email protected] +1 914-374-0613 Fellow, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/
