Re: Can my ISP see my NNTP traffic?

From: Allan Birnbaum Ditlevsen (abditlevsen_at_mail.dk)
Date: 04/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 16:13:11 +0200

sorry to bother you kulm_nd but is subpoena?
allan
"kulm_nd" <kn@NOISP.net> skrev i en meddelelse
news:0LTcc.9163$X44.4752@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com...
> They have every packet going through their servers so of course they could
> see what you are doing. The odds are slim, most ISP's could care less
where
> you go or what you post until they get a subpoena. It can be done easily
as
> the Feds have shown but must be targeted by IP or username.
> --
>
> ************************************************
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> g-w
>
>
> "Regal" <smith@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:94C495766E51A628D1@64.62.191.200...
> > I want to take part in discussions which I don't want my ISP
> > snooping around in.
> >
> > Can my ISP see my Usenet traffic to the extent that the ISP can see
> > if I post to or download from a given newsgroup if I use a
> > newsserver which is not operated by them?
> >
> > For example, I use BTopenworld as an ISP in the UK. If I post this
> > Usenet message via the independent Astra newsserver then can
> > BTopenworld see what I have read/posted by examining the traffic
> > passing through their server. Can they tell which newsgroups I
> > used to post or read?
> >
> > If they CAN do this they how EASY and how LIKELY is it for them to
> > actually do it?
> >
> > ---
> >
> > And what about for protocols used by Kazaa and other file sharing
> > prgrams?
>
>

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