Throttling and SafeVPN

[James Knott]

Tyler wrote:
> William Muriithi wrote:
>> You are missing the point. What is happening is there are a lot of ISP
>> assuming that any encrypted traffic is torrent. So irrespective what
>> port you choose to use, as long as your traffic is encrypted - and
>> equipments like packeteer will easily flag this - your traffic will be
>> shaped.
>>
>> Sad affair as most critical data are actually encrypted, but I guess
>> they have done their math and assumed its safe even with that
>> collateral damage involved.
> Well, that's the thing--  residential users shouldn't have critical data

Says who?  Do you want your financial details revealed, when you do on 
line banking?  Or perhaps discussing some private medical details?  
While the internet is generally open to interception, the ISPs should 
not be allowed to interfere with your attempts at privacy.


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