Mobile phone operators are monetizing metadata, as the issue with the Apple Private Relay generating their complaints made evident.
The 5G has a network function for that: NWDAF > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:28:00 -0400 > From: Rich Brown <richb.hano...@gmail.com> > To: Jonathan Morton <chromati...@gmail.com> > Cc: David Lang <da...@lang.hm>, Rpm <r...@lists.bufferbloat.net>, dan > <danden...@gmail.com>, Jamal Hadi Salim <j...@mojatatu.com>, libreqos > <libre...@lists.bufferbloat.net>, Dave Taht via Starlink > <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>, "Livingood, Jason" > <jason_living...@comcast.com>, bloat <bl...@lists.bufferbloat.net> > Subject: Re: [Starlink] [Rpm] [Bloat] [LibreQoS] net neutrality back > in the news > Message-ID: <039490da-48a7-4ae2-b00f-aa2a260fb...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Thank you Jonathan for this clear description of the issues and their > history. I wonder if there's a fourth one - privacy. > > Rosenworcel's talk https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-397257A1.pdf > also points out that ISPs might want to monetize our traffic patterns and > location data. (This is less of an issue in the EU, but the US remains a > Wild West in this regard.) > > I am hopeful that the FCC will include this in their NPRM (which must be > available by now but I haven't looked...) > > - Rich Brown _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink