Your loss of privacy is a package deal

YOUR LOSS OF PRIVACY IS A PACKAGE DEAL
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: David Lazarus]
The all-you-can-eat packages of voice, video and Internet services offered by phone and cable companies may be convenient, but they represent a potentially significant threat to people's privacy. All leading telecom companies are aggressively pushing these bundled service plans after investing billions of dollars in high-speed digital networks. For consumers, the upside is often a hefty savings compared with acquiring the same services from multiple providers. The downside is that you're making intimate details of virtually all your network activities available to a single company -- and possibly government officials.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-lazarus12sep12,1,13...
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