Re: Can my ISP see my NNTP traffic?

From: Chester (all-mail_at_is-trashed.com)
Date: 05/30/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 10:03:14 -0700

Your ISP can see everything you do if they want. Although it's not likely
they will zero in on you unless they get a complaint. Everything means
mail, surfing, news, and everything else.

Most ISP's are routinely logging all customers accounts as I've read. You
need to use a good privacy service:
www.privacy.li
www.cotse.net
www.anonymizer.com
Only thing is if you want this protection you will have to pay for it. Hope
this helps.

"nemo" <nemo@naughtylass.wet> wrote in message
news:VEkuc.1113$XY1.11679970@news-text.cableinet.net...
>
> 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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