Charter is indefinitely halting snooping plans

Submitted by John on June 25, 2008 - 5:42am.
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From a story at Wired News story

Charter Communications, the nation's fourth largest ISP, is indefinitely halting plans to test advertising technology that wiretaps customers' web usage, after customers criticized the idea and a powerful House Democrat raised questions about its legality.
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But a spokeswoman emphasized that Charter wasn't finished with the idea of tapping into the online advertising market

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Washington Post story about Charter's back out

Submitted by John on July 1, 2008 - 3:59pm.

On June 25th the Washington Post published an article
Internet Provider Halts Plan to Track, Sell Users' Surfing Data

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