How to hide browser data from ISP

[woodlandgamer]

So I moved to a new house, which also means I got a new internet service called Spectrum. This new internet service does not allow peer-to-peer downloading or using the Tor network. how do I hide this from my internet service? I don't actually use them for any nefarious reasons just to do simple stuff like download Linux and view websites such as WikiLeaks and so on. They threaten to shut down my internet service if I continue. How do I combat this? I started using a bridge for Tor which solved the Tor problem.

[woodlandgamer]

I would also like to hide all internet traffic from them because its kinda creepy.

[Hinjima]

7 minutes ago, woodlandgamer said:

I would also like to hide all internet traffic from them because its kinda creepy.

A good VPN will solve all your problems.

[johnt]

I've only gotten one email from Comcast is the past 20+ years of service. Your previous provider had the same rules and you just didn't read them lol Do what you want and figure a workaround when they actually try to enforce their policies. Remember, they just want your money.

[Lurick]

If you're not doing illegal P2P torrenting then Spectrum doesn't care. What they will do is forward notices from content companies they receive to you and they very well can cut off your service after too many requests. It's also pretty easy to detect TOR traffic given a list of known nodes.

[Donut417]

9 hours ago, woodlandgamer said:

does not allow peer-to-peer downloading

No US ISP bans these actives. Now if you are downloading copyrighted material thats the only reason they might bitch. By bitch I mean send you a strongly worded email or letter about not pirating copy righted materials. They may also provide your information to the copyright holder so they can file a lawsuit. 

[LIGISTX]

All of the above is true. 
 

I am a spectrum user, I have actually been pretty happy with them all things considered.

 

No ISP in America cares about what you do on their network, unless you are torrenting non legal data… which is what you are doing. Using peer to peer clients to download linux will never cause you to get a warning, that isn’t how it works. You get a warning when a copyright holder is torrenting to see who else is grabbing that illegal file, they see what IP address connect, and they send our notices to the ISP’s who hold that IP… linux is free to download, there is no one monitoring the clients connecting to linux torrents and thus no warnings will be given. 
 

We can’t tell you how to get around this on this forum, I am simply providing you with info on how this works, and why simply using a torrent client is not an issue and is not going to cause you to receive notices.