Hi,
"Deep-packet inspection can be a useful tool for network management, said David Farber, a computer science and public policy professor at Carnegie Mellon. "What's almost obscene is the fact that people are using it to gather information about what I'm sending on the network and selling that information to other people," Farber said. "That is completely obscene and should be stopped."
Taken from here -
http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...c=netflash-rss
and this -
"During some highly contentious hearings on Capitol Hill, it seems to have come as a shock and surprise to the executives at NebuAd that people might have a problem with having their Internet connection spied upon for advertising purposes.
Taken from here -
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/sec...ike+Spying.htm
Dave.
and just seen this ref. the BT/Tiscali row -
"Some privacy experts have questioned how BT got hold of customer details but BT insisted that it used "reputable external sources".
From here -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7519625.stm