ISPs Share "Netflow" Data & Trace Traffic Through VPNs

2 years ago
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VICE has a great article explaining how internet service providers quietly share detailed information about network traffic. It's called "netflow data" and they can even trace traffic through VPNs.
But the scary part is how many people that data is then shared with.
We dive into the details.

00:00 Intro
01:45 ISPs and Netflow Data
05:47 What is netflow data?
08:22 What is done with YOUR Data?
15:29 "We don't give away all your data... we promise"
20:49 Palo Alto Networks has access to 80% of Global Flows
22:37 Not all ISPs are guilty
26:32 Senator Wyden’s Pushback
28:05 Snowden Revelations
29:00 Stay Vigilant!
31:08 Outro

Article from VICE: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg84yy/data-brokers-netflow-data-team-cymru

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