<story><title>AT&amp;T’s GigaPower plans turn privacy into a luxury that few would choose</title><url>http://gigaom.com/2014/05/13/atts-gigapower-plans-turn-privacy-into-a-luxury-that-few-would-choose/?</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kenthorvath</author><text>Or you could pay an additional $5&amp;#x2F;month for a decent VPN. In fact, I have a number of close contacts who work in the industry who tell me that this type of practice is of heavy interest and routine on the wireless end of things. Companies are tracking not just your browsing habits but your location data based on cell tower triangulation.&lt;p&gt;This is why we need to decentralize the ISPs and move to local mesh networks.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jessaustin</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Or you could pay an additional $5&amp;#x2F;month for a decent VPN.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;TIL another reason why Ma Bell doesn&amp;#x27;t like neutrality. If they get their way we can expect performance on unobfuscated VPNs to suffer.</text></comment>
<story><title>AT&amp;T’s GigaPower plans turn privacy into a luxury that few would choose</title><url>http://gigaom.com/2014/05/13/atts-gigapower-plans-turn-privacy-into-a-luxury-that-few-would-choose/?</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kenthorvath</author><text>Or you could pay an additional $5&amp;#x2F;month for a decent VPN. In fact, I have a number of close contacts who work in the industry who tell me that this type of practice is of heavy interest and routine on the wireless end of things. Companies are tracking not just your browsing habits but your location data based on cell tower triangulation.&lt;p&gt;This is why we need to decentralize the ISPs and move to local mesh networks.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>r1ch</author><text>You&amp;#x27;d probably end up paying a lot more than $5&amp;#x2F;mo for a VPN that is actually able to keep up with gigabit internet speeds and downloading habits.</text></comment>