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Wouldn't this have a technical issue anyway - the fact that all devices in your home would effectively be grouped under the single IP of your ADSL modem? They could never pinpoint something to an individual. Same problem that the movie studio litigators face going after pirates.


Combined with other forms of 'big data' it should be fairly straight forward to identify a specific individual. And if not law enforcement has already proven it doesn't care[1].

1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2677972/Toddler-disf...




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