[mattmanser]

How are any of these legit, all of that's illegal wiretapping.

[ceejayoz]

It'd be illegal wiretapping if it were the government, perhaps, but I'd imagine the standard contract with AT&T permits this.

[eli]

"AT&T may, but is not required to, monitor your compliance, or the compliance of other subscribers, with AT&T's terms, conditions, or policies"

And, of course, it's now well-known that the government WAS using deep packet inspection on AT&T internet traffic.

I would assume they're just looking at how much you download in a month, though. I don't think AT&T is worried about offending outliers using large amounts of mobile data by inaccurately accusing them of tethering.

[sukuriant]

Could you provide a link to the government using deep packet inspection on ATT internet traffic. I don't remember it/haven't heard about it.

Just curious.

[nitrogen]

Here's what a Google search for "at&t nsa splitter" turned up:

http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/04/6585.ars