AT&T and Verizon pledge to mind their own damn business

These 2 numb nuts have admitted to monitoring customer usage, in an effort to tailor advertising to consumers. AT&T and Verizon admitted this at a Senate committee hearing. I don't believe it. Oh, and I'm sure they would never ever turn this information over to the feds, if asked. Patriot Act anyone? This bothers me simply because I look at an exorbitant amount of internet porn. Like most normal people. How am I supposed to assault my nether regions, knowing some computer program is watching me? I mean, come on, it knows what I'm doing. Now, I have a different service provider, but I know they all practice this nonsense. Pervs! Here's part of the Washington Post article

The practice, known as "behavioral targeting," is largely invisible to customers and generally done without their consent.

"Verizon believes that before company captures certain Internet-usage data . . . it should obtain meaningful, affirmative consent from consumers," said Thomas J. Tauke, Verizon executive vice president.

AT&T's chief privacy officer Dorothy Attwood made a similar pledge to legislators, and then, taking aim at Google she noted that AT&T's promise to get consumer consent is an advance over others in the industry.

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