Comments on: Right or Wrong? KTVZ Coughs Up Anonymous User Info http://blog.bendtech.com/2010/01/right-or-wrong-ktvz-coughs-up-anonymous-user-info/ A Grassroots Experiment In Building Central Oregon's Tech Community Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank Miller http://blog.bendtech.com/2010/01/right-or-wrong-ktvz-coughs-up-anonymous-user-info/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 Frank Miller Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:28:26 +0000 http://blog.bendtech.com/?p=1789#comment-1480 As a cable operator, BendBroadband must protect its cable, telephone and Internet subscribers’ privacy in compliance with federal law … specifically the Federal Communications Act. We have a role to “take such actions as are necessary to prevent unauthorized access to such information by a person other than the subscriber or cable operator.” We take this role, in protecting customer privacy, very seriously. Frank Miller CTO / BendBroadband As a cable operator, BendBroadband must protect its cable, telephone and Internet subscribers’ privacy in compliance with federal law … specifically the Federal Communications Act. We have a role to “take such actions as are necessary to prevent unauthorized access to such information by a person other than the subscriber or cable operator.” We take this role, in protecting customer privacy, very seriously.

Frank Miller
CTO / BendBroadband

]]> By: Dave Owens http://blog.bendtech.com/2010/01/right-or-wrong-ktvz-coughs-up-anonymous-user-info/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Dave Owens Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:23:21 +0000 http://blog.bendtech.com/?p=1789#comment-1479 Which ISP indeed... Under an official subpoena any ISP (with less than Comcast's legal department) would be hard pressed to not 'fess up. I agree the ISP folded, while they are the in the best position to fight. What I do not agree with is the notion that anything you attach to an IP address is private. It's immediately anonymous, but don't assume that a 32-bit number will never be attached to your name. Libel is a crime, IP/billing info is evidence. An ISP's responsibility is to protect the privacy of it's users, until they violate AUPs. Which ISP indeed…

Under an official subpoena any ISP (with less than Comcast’s legal department) would be hard pressed to not ‘fess up.

I agree the ISP folded, while they are the in the best position to fight. What I do not agree with is the notion that anything you attach to an IP address is private. It’s immediately anonymous, but don’t assume that a 32-bit number will never be attached to your name. Libel is a crime, IP/billing info is evidence.

An ISP’s responsibility is to protect the privacy of it’s users, until they violate AUPs.

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