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Verizon's 'Perma-Cookie' Is a Privacy-Killing Machine
Verizon Wireless has been subtly altering the web traffic of its wireless customers for the past two years, inserting a string of about 50 letters, numbers, and characters into data flowing between these customers and the websites they visit.
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Verizon-bankrolled “news” site bans stories on US spying and net neutrality
Verizon Wireless launches "SugarString," your source for happy tech stories.
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$3K internet bill leaves Palomar student speechless
Jun Yuan is at a loss for words after getting a more than $3,200 monthly bill for Internet service. “We didn't know we used a lot, so now I'm asked to pay $3,200,” said the Chinese international student studying at Palomar College.
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Sick of constant media bashing, Verizon funds a tech news site where the NSA and net neutrality don't exist
It’s hard being Verizon sometimes. The poor little wireless carrier and Internet service provider often gets a bum rap in the tech press for its controversial actions on net neutrality and on enabling the American government’s surveillance programs. To combat these nattering negative ninnies in the media, Verizon has decided to take action and bankroll its own news site where none of those nasty sorts of stories will ever pop up.
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Verizon and AT&T Are the Only Wireless Carriers Using 'Perma-Cookies'
It’s called the ““perma-cookie.” As we told you last week, Verizon Wireless has embraced this privacy-busting digital marker, which could give marketers a way to track what you do online whether you want to be tracked or not. Basically, the U.S. wireless carrier is slipping the cookie onto the smartphones that tap the net via its celluar and data network, and most phones owners don’t realize it.
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Verizon: We Can Basically Charge Netflix For Peering Forever And There's Nothing The FCC Can Do To Stop It
The FCC is facing a lot of opposition this year, but Verizon in particular just really seems to thrive on challenging the agency. The latest move from the telco giant is a message to the FCC that even if they use Title II to regulate net neutrality, there is nothing the commission can do to prevent interconnection fee spats like the one Verizon and Netflix had this year.
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Verizon's Last Tiny Shred Of Credibility On Net Neutrality Just Died
You'll of course recall that the FCC's original 2010 net neutrality rules didn't do much of anything and exempted wireless networks completely, in large part because they were written by Verizon and Google. As such, companies like AT&T and Comcast actually really liked the rules, because, from their perspective, they effectively "settled the conversation," but in the process didn't even cover the biggest emerging technology in the history of the Internet (wireless), and generally allowed all...
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Verizon Cuts Rates For Data Plans, But Not Automatically For Existing Customers
In spite of Verizon Wireless' recent boasts that it's "a leader, not a follower," a new announcement from the nation's biggest wireless company shows that Big V is indeed following the competition ...
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Verizon trots out analyst to say unlimited data is bad for customers
Got a data cap on your smartphone? You should be grateful, according to an opinion piece that Verizon Wireless published on Friday. "Let’s face it, if everyone had unlimited data and used it fully, the performance of the networks would suffer because of bandwidth restrictions and the 'shared resource' nature of wireless," industry analyst Jack Gold, founder of J. Gold Associates, wrote in an article titled "The Lure of Unlimited Wireless Data—Is It Necessary?"
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ESPN Sues Verizon Over 'Custom TV' Bundles
The network is seeking damages related to the plan, which lets Verizon FiOS customers choose a bundle of channels.
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ESPN sues Verizon over new 'skinny bundles' for cable TV
ESPN isn't a fan of Verizon's new way of offering cable channels under its Fios TV service. The sports network has sued Verizon for allegedly breaching its contract, which was earlier reported by CNBC.com. The lawsuit was filed in the New York Supreme Court. The dispute stems from Verizon's recently unveiled "skinny bundle" option, which gives consumers the ability to choose specific packages of cable channels which can be swapped in and out every 30 days.
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Verizon buys AOL for $4.4bn
Verizon is offering $50 a share for AOL, compared with AOL's closing price of $42.59 on Monday.
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Sprint and Verizon to pay $158 million over bogus texting charges
No, Sprint and Verizon aren't going to escape the FCC's bid to punish carriers for letting shady text message services bill their customers.
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Did Verizon NY Charge You for a Fiber Optic Service You May Never Get?
In 2006, the NY Public Service Commission granted Verizon NY multiple rate increases (84%) on residential phone service for
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New York slams Verizon, calls city-wide FiOS rollout 'an egregious failure'
Ask New Yorkers about Verizon FiOS, and you'll get one of two answers. If they are one of the lucky people who have access, they'll swoon about its fantastic speeds. If not, you'll hear tales of frustration about fruitlessly waiting years for FiOS to make it to their doorsteps. It wasn't supposed to be this way. When the City of New York signed a franchise agreement with Verizon to build out its fiber-optic network across the five boroughs, everyone...
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Verizon Quietly Moves Home Automation Customers to Nexia; Deploys Quantum Z-Wave Router
Having dropped its Home Monitoring & Control service last year, Verizon moves former users to Nexia Home Intelligence DIY home automation platform; seeds IoT market with Greenwave-powered Quantum Z-Wave and ZigBee router.
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Verizon Prepares for Strike as Union Negotiations Stall
News: Verizon is preparing for a labor strike as its negotiations with the Communications Workers of America appear to be stalling. Verizon's currently
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Verizon Adds Vice to Internet TV Lineup
Vice content, including original programming, will be available on Verizon's upcoming mobile service.
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Verizon is Killing Subsidized Phones, Long Term Contracts
It’s become instinct to answer “I need a new phone” with “Well, when is your contract up?” for most people. However, that’s coming to an end at Verizon. The company will no longer offer their typical two-year contracts, or the subsidized phones that come along with it.
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Verizon is doing away with contracts
Verizon is getting rid of contract plans, switching its offerings over to month-to-month plans like AT&T and T-Mobile did before it. Verizon's new plans are all based around shared data buckets — there's no single line or family plan. Instead, subscribers pay for a specific amount of data and then pay a per-device fee to hook it into the plan.
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