Comment Re:Doesn't this violate TOS? (Score 1) 184
This.
ISPs are now a basic utility. They provide bandwidth through which you perform your online activities. That "series of tubes" analogy, while simplistic, applies quite well here. You're renting a small tube.
In no way should a utility be liable for the actions of its customers. When a psychopath electrocutes puppies in their garage is the electricity company held liable?
When someone floods their neighbours basement with a garden hose is the water company liable?
Then it should not be so for ISPs, who should as a result have no just cause to snoop on what goes through their "tubes".
Legally this isn't the case in most jurisdictions, but it damn well should be.