Your Internet Provider Is Reading Between the Lines—Here Is How to Stop It
Most Americans assume that HTTPS encryption keeps their browsing private from their internet service provider. That assumption is largely wrong. Major ISPs collect, analyze, and in many cases monetize browsing behavior through mechanisms that operate entirely outside the content of your web traffic—and the regulatory framework designed to stop them has been systematically dismantled. Here is what is actually happening, and what you can do about it.