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by tensor 3158 days ago
Yes, but there is a big difference between "this provider might be lying about not storing traffic, and they also might give the data to someone" and "this ISP is 100% storing traffic and routinely gives that data to others."
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Why base your privacy on wishful thinking ("provider is probably not lying") instead of using privacy by design solutions? (e.g. i2p for torrenting)
Because privacy by policy is good enough for almost everyone.
> Because privacy by policy is good enough for almost everyone.

Source? And why would it be good enough when it has been shown time and time again that it's ineffective (example: DNT header)?