I got a call from Time Warner Cable a few months back saying that they detected traffic on my modem at 6:14am that morning that matched a known worm/virus (forgot the name, but they mentioned it specifically). Sure enough, a friend was staying over, and his laptop was infected with that same virus. Who knows how thorough their monitoring is, but I wouldn't say it's impossible that they can snoop in real time.<p>I don't know that they