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Comment by peterwwillis

If you use Chrome or Firefox, almost all of your data is hidden from the ISP - increadingly more sites use HTTPS, and use a CDN, and browsers are implementing DNS over HTTPS and have their own DNS resolvers. In addition, providers like Google are literally proxying your mobile requests to unrelated sites to capture even more data.

Google and CloudFlare can see probably more than 90% of your traffic without even trying. Google's business model is dependent on selling advertisement based on your data. Your ISP can see maybe 50%, and it's shrinking fast.

All of these companies exist because you agreed to them. You're paying them to continue this behavior, or using their free services. Stop agreeing to free services and stop using monopolies. Lobby your local government to overturn laws preventing municipal internet providers.

That won't happen though, because people don't really care that much about surveillance to go to those lengths just to stop it. Hell, the NSA is still illegally wiretapping US citizens.

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