While the no-logs policies of many of these providers is mentioned in their EULAs, there's never a mention of paid access to NetFlow data, which can be used to link public flows to the IP addresses of users.
Is this a thing? I recall hearing about it around two years ago.
Something along the lines of "ISPs Give 'Netflow Data' To Third Parties, Who Sell It Without User Awareness Or Consent" [0] or "How Data Brokers Sell Access to the Backbone of the Internet" [1]
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While the no-logs policies of many of these providers is mentioned in their EULAs, there's never a mention of paid access to NetFlow data, which can be used to link public flows to the IP addresses of users.
Is this a thing? I recall hearing about it around two years ago.
Something along the lines of "ISPs Give 'Netflow Data' To Third Parties, Who Sell It Without User Awareness Or Consent" [0] or "How Data Brokers Sell Access to the Backbone of the Internet" [1]
[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/pbdvp3/isps_give_n...
[1] https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg84yy/data-brokers-netflow-...