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Just a Spring Fling

A few weeks ago we mentioned the amorous pairing of Charter Communications and NebuAd who were going to use your ISP deep packet traffic to serve ads.

Now after the backlash, they’ve decided that they were better off as friends after the loud opposition of privacy advocates everywhere. Apparently however NebuAd gets around, because it’s working on deals with atleast two other ISP’s including Embarq Corp and CenturyTel Inc.

A month ago it was made public that Charter was working with NebuAd to track its users browsing habits to provide more accurate targeted advertising, a move that brings about significant privacy concerns. After pressure from Public Knowledge and Free Press, two digital rights groups, Charter suspended its pilot program with NebuAd…

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