Re: Can my ISP see my NNTP traffic?

From: nemo (nemo_at_naughtylass.wet)
Date: 05/30/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:42:29 GMT

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?

Do a Google search on the words "Astra newsserver " with quotes.

You'll see that it's not only your ISP that can see your Usenet traffic!

I posted a message complaining about a crap boss I had and it turned up the
head of the list in Google if you did a search on his name.

Being a vain man, I'd dare say he did such a search fairly often and saw my
nasty post! Oh dear - how sad - never mind!

Nemo the newbie.

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