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martyb writes:

Privacy... when it comes to AT&T, it may once again come at a cost:

AT&T plans to reinstate their GigaPower pay-for-privacy scheme, as revealed by AT&T VP Robert Quinn in a recent interview with C-SPAN. In 2014, AT&T started offering GigaPower 300 Mbps fiber internet in cities around the United States. Users signing up had the option of paying $29 more per month to guarantee that AT&T doesn't snoop on your internet traffic and serve you advertisements and offers from their MITM position on your internet. Yes, they actually put a price on privacy and it's coming back. GigaOM discovered that $29 a month ($348 per year) isn't even the real price of buying your privacy back from AT&T – the total bill could run up to $800 per year.

How well would a VPN protect you from this, and at what cost in [in]convenience?

Original Submission

1. "martyb" - https://soylentnews.org/~martyb/
2. "come at a cost" - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/06/att-gigapower-plans-charge-extra-per-month-want-privacy-no-ads/
3. "C-SPAN" - https://www.c-span.org/video/?430201-1/communicators-robert-quinn
4. "MITM" - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/12/comcast-still-uses-mitm-javascript-injection-serve-unwanted-ads-messages/
5. "GigaOM" - https://gigaom.com/2015/02/19/dont-let-att-mislead-you-about-its-29-privacy-fee/
6. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=21156

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