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Source: Ars Technica
AT&T's gigabit fiber-to-the-home service has just arrived in Kansas City, and the price is the same as Google Fiberif you let AT&T track your Web browsing history.
Just as it did when launching its "GigaPower" service in Austin, Texas in late 2013, AT&T offers different prices based on how jealously users guard their privacy. AT&T's $70 per-month pricing for gigabit service is the same price as Google Fiber, but AT&T charges an additional $29 a month to customers who opt out of AT&T's "Internet Preferences" program.
AT&T says it tracks "the webpages you visit, the time you spend on each, the links or ads you see and follow, and the search terms you enter... AT&T Internet Preferences works independently of your browser's privacy settings regarding cookies, do-not-track, and private browsing. If you opt-in to AT&T Internet Preferences, AT&T will still be able to collect and use your Web browsing information independent of those settings."
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/att-charges-29-more-for-gigabit-fiber-that-doesnt-watch-your-web-browsing/
villager
(26,001 posts)...to keep ATT from snooping?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Moliere
(285 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I suspect they track with or without payment.
Remember they were the first to snoop on all our phone calls back when it was reported they had a special center in SF for spying.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)And worse than just tracking your browsing, the small print wants to access your hard drive and look at your files.