Today, Senators will vote to allow ISPs to sell your internet history and end FCC privacy rules

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I don't know the details of the bill, but as described by you, it seems like a very bad idea.
 
Our freedoms started to erode under Bush, and Obama keep it going.
 
Desdinova said:
I hope politicians aren't exempt so we can buy their private Internet history.
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No chance. Just like when UK Gov was pushing through the snoopers charter they (MPs) were unsurprisingly exempt from it. Funny that innit. One rule for them another for us.
 
Thanks. Don't know all the details yet, but these types of actions need attention drawn to them since they aren't dramatic enough for our press to care.
 
44nutman said:
Our freedoms started to erode under Bush, and Obama keep it going.
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Obama defended net neutrality against republican attacks.

There is a reason why the vote is happening now and not in the 8 years of Obama's tenure.
 
44nutman said:
Our freedoms started to erode under Bush, and Obama keep it going.
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The Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal was instituted under Tom Wheeler, Obama's FCC chair. This is another attack on Net Neutrality.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/...ll-back-internet-privacy-protections-you-read

What's the tl;dr?

Late last year, the FCC passed rules that would require ISPs to protect your private information. It covered the things you would usually associate with having an account with a major company (your name and address, financial information, etc.) but also things like any records they keep on your browsing history, geolocation information (think cell phones), and the content of your communications. Overall, the rules were pretty darn good.

But now, Senator Flake (R-AZ) and Representative Blackburn (R-TN) want to use a tool known as a Congressional Review Act resolution to totally repeal those protections. The CRA allows Congress to veto any regulation written by a federal agency (like the FCC). Worse yet, it forbids the agency from passing any “substantially similar” regulations in the future, so the FCC would be forbidden from ever trying to regulate ISP privacy practices. At the same time, some courts have limited the Federal Trade Commission’s ability protect your privacy, too.

With the hands of two federal agencies tied, ISPs themselves would be largely in change of protecting their customer’s privacy. In other words, the fox will be guarding the henhouse.
 
44nutman said:
Our freedoms started to erode under Bush, and Obama keep it going.
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The important thing is that you've found a way to blame Obama for what these senators are doing.
 
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Quipling said:
The important thing is that you've found a way to blame Obama for what these (R) senators are doing.
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McCaskill was a dem (D) senator last anyone checked.
 
Aren't they spying enough on us.. eugh.
 
I still want to know how it is that my existence as a person in society is monetized and I not only don't get any right to my privacy, but I don't even get a cut. Capitalism has spiraled completely out of control. The idea that someone's freedom to make money is more important than anyone's right to privacy, health, existence is abhorrent.

It's like slavery with more steps.
 
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Rod1 said:
Obama defended net neutrality against republican attacks.

There is a reason why the vote is happening now and not in the 8 years of Obama's tenure.
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Look at the list of senators supporting this. There's right wing stupidity and left wing stupidity. This is the worst of both worlds, it is bipartisan stupidity.
 
I hope this thread gets traction, cause usually similar threads about corroding internet privacy never reach 2 pages.

And Obama is no saint either, CISA passed under him.
 
The U.S. Senate has voted to kill broadband provider privacy regulations prohibiting them from selling customers' web-browsing histories and other data without their permission.
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The Senate's 50-48 vote Thursday on a resolution of disapproval would roll back Federal Communications Commission rules requiring broadband providers to receive opt-in customer permission to share sensitive personal information, including web-browsing history, geolocation, and financial details with third parties. The FCC approved the regulations just five months ago.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/3184...tes-to-kill-fccs-broadband-privacy-rules.html
 
If this gets voted down, is there a possibility that they might sneak this in an important bill? I think, if I remember correctly, that they did exactly that with CISA.
 
IngaVovchanchyn said:
Look at the list of senators supporting this. There's right wing stupidity and left wing stupidity. This is the worst of both worlds, it is bipartisan stupidity.
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He said Obama not Democrats, Obama went against Democrats in many ways for example in the middle east.
 
don't browse PornHub on your phone, you should be fine.
 
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