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Originally Posted by tirwin

I've got news for you... VZ isn't alone. Read the fine print on your bill.



And don't use any Google product.



If the service is "free", that means YOU are the product being sold.

Yep. Install a packet sniffer and some monitoring software like Little Snitch and watch where "your" web browsing actually goes. Google is the epitome of "big data". I quite deliberately block any and all traffic to their sites (although I do use Google Earth on occasion I have to admit).



Google, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Microsoft (and Apple) and Facebook are bigger threats to personal privacy / Internet anonymity than the NSA is.