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 Originally Posted by 2sslow
You are confused! palm has the ability to see apps and kill them not Sprint, Sprint has the ability to monitor you usage.
I think the way My Tether works would make it pretty difficult for Sprint to tell who is tethering and who isn't just from the network traffic, but I'm not 100% certain about this. In tethering apps for PalmOS (I used to use USBmodem), your computer actually logged into the Sprint network. With My Tether, your phone is still the primary network client, and it just passes data over to your computer. So unless they are actually reading all the data (doubtful) to see which applications are doing the talking, I think it doesn't look any different to them. Again, I could be wrong about this, and I'd love to be told if I am.
Palm can see the installed apps, so there's certainly a way for Sprint to find out if you're tethering. But if the network traffic doesn't look any different, and there isn't a huge volume increase, it doesn't seem like it should bother them very much. I think you're pretty safe tethering from time to time in limited circumstances. I think people who are using tethering to replace their DSL connection permanently are the ones who are more likely to get caught.
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