07-11-2011, 02:34 PM
UnDoug, I've read that "I was just watching a lot of Netflix that week" will get the carrier off your back from tethering hassles. They don't actually know that you're tethering, they only see the spike in data usage, which only further begs the question of why do they make people pay to do it when they can't actually tell they're using tethering?
Anyway, with packet sniffing, the Netflix defense wouldn't go too far if they really wanted to snoop. But with only a few weeks' use of tethering, they won't bother you.
Your bigger concern for unauthorized tethering is if you ever want to move beyond iOS4. Jailbraking under iOS5 has been squelched. It may happen if the mouse once again is smarter than the cat, or it may not.
Anyway, with packet sniffing, the Netflix defense wouldn't go too far if they really wanted to snoop. But with only a few weeks' use of tethering, they won't bother you.
Your bigger concern for unauthorized tethering is if you ever want to move beyond iOS4. Jailbraking under iOS5 has been squelched. It may happen if the mouse once again is smarter than the cat, or it may not.