Politics Senators vote to allow ISPs to sell your internet history and end FCC online privacy rules

[Sedatedfork]

Geez! I hope Trump can get some term limits done. I have no idea though how the heck he can get these guys to give up their cash fountain though.

Amending the US Constitution is so easy...

 

[Sedatedfork]

Remember when the very controversial idea of equal rights for women was added to the constitution (ERA). Oh yeah, that didn't even get ratified by enough states. Hah. Nevada just ratified it yesterday. Like 30 years too late.

 

[Natebishop3]

That's a clear invasion of privacy. This goes against the consitution. We have the right to be 'secure in our person' dammit.

Why would anyone want a list of what porn sites I visit anyway, or my boring ass browsing history.

The vast misunderstanding of what the Constitution is and what it protects never ceases to amaze me.

The Constitution does not protect you from private companies. It protects you from the government. So just as you can be fired for saying something offensive without freedom of speech protection, you can also have your personal information sold to the highest bidder because these are private companies. If you don't want Comcast to have access to your private information, stop using Comcast. It's that simple. The Constitution has no bearing on this topic whatsoever.

 

[Chris Craig]

Reddit has the average age at about 59

Damned republicans

 

[Chris Craig]

What kinds of personal information can they sale besides browsing history?

 

[rasheedfan2005]

i wonder if browsing history will become a commodity. maybe employers will buy someones history before hiring them. we are all going to find out we are all perverts and watch way too much porn.

 

[Chris Craig]

i wonder if browsing history will become a commodity. maybe employers will buy someones history before hiring them. we are all going to find out we are all perverts and watch way too much porn.

What constitutes way too much?

 

[julius]

That's a clear invasion of privacy. This goes against the consitution. We have the right to be 'secure in our person' dammit.

Why would anyone want a list of what porn sites I visit anyway, or my boring ass browsing history.

privacy doesn't matter, profit does.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

What constitutes way too much?

i dont know. im willing to bet ive wasted a quarter of my life watching porn. felt worth it though.

i killed facebook years ago and ive been real tempted to kill off the phone and get a land line. but phones are so convenient for listening to pandora in the car and shit. i dont think i could live without the internet. im already alone. id be really lonely if i couldnt connect with live cam models and blazer fans. if i had a family i think i could live without it.

 

[Shaboid]

i wonder if browsing history will become a commodity. maybe employers will buy someones history before hiring them. we are all going to find out we are all perverts and watch way too much porn.

I think there is an episode of Black Mirror that is pretty much this premise.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

I think there is an episode of Black Mirror that is pretty much this premise.

I literally just scrolled over that while searching for something on netflix. It's like you know my browsing history.

 

[Jade Falcon]

VPN users labeled as criminals will be hacked and spied by FBI under new law

https://www.techworm.net/2016/05/tor-vpn-users-labeled-criminals-hacked-spied-fbi-new-law.html

This is why I've been hesitant to use Tor. In my mind, it just makes it easier for the Feds to track you.

 

[Shaboid]

Not sure if I want to see what these corrupt assholes are looking up on the internet, but I like the idea:

http://www.salon.com/2017/03/30/pri...epublicans-who-voted-to-strip-privacy-rights/

 

[Nikolokolus]

And the beat goes on.

We're all cucks now.

 

[Denny Crane]

The legislation moves the regulation of ISPs to the FTC from the FCC. As it was, the ISPs were allowed to share private information, including name and address, unless consumers opted out. Facebook, Google, and every other company that's not an ISP could still track you and share your browsing history.

Seems like someone's playing the chicken little game (the sky is falling, oh no!)


http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-internet-privacy-20170330-story.html

Critics focused on the FCC’s requirement that broadband providers obtain a customer’s permission before disclosing “sensitive” information, such as the sites he or she had visited online, a mobile device’s location or the mobile apps used. The FCC allowed broadband providers to share “non-sensitive” information, such as the customer’s name and address, by default unless customers opted out.

That’s a more restrictive approach than the FTC requires websites and online advertising networks to take, critics complain, noting that the FTC doesn’t consider a person’s browsing history or app use to be sensitive information. They’re right about this: Having a single standard for the entire Internet ecosystem would be a good thing, considering how broadband providers, sites, services and apps all compete for some of the same advertising dollars. That’s no reason to set the bar low, however; instead, it’s a good argument for pushing the FTC to demand more of the companies under its jurisdiction.

 

[Denny Crane]

Also, the rule everyone seems to be having a hissy fit about were never in effect.

http://www.businessinsider.com/house-republicans-kill-fcc-broadband-privacy-rules-2017-3

The most notable part of the rules, which has not yet taken effect, would require broadband providers such as Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T to obtain explicit consent before selling their customers’ web-browsing histories, app-usage data, and other personal information to advertisers and other third-parties.

The FCC’s privacy rules imposed a range of guidelines on internet providers regarding how they treat and protect consumer data. The most notable bit would’ve required them to obtain opt-in consent from consumers before they were able to sell “sensitive” information.

Much of what the FCC deemed “sensitive” lined up with items noted similarly in the FTC’s privacy guidelines, including things like geolocation data, financial information, and health information. Notably, however, the FCC said that web-browsing and app-usage data are sensitive enough to require consumers’ explicit permission before being shared with advertisers as well.

That specific provision is not scheduled to take effect until December, though. It’s now extremely unlikely that it ever will take effect, but if it does, your internet provider will have to ask for permission before it's allowed to collect and sell your browsing data and other personal info to advertisers.

Even with the FCC’s slightly stricter privacy guidelines, internet providers would still be able to collect and sell some types of personal data, such as email addresses, without seeking permission first. Consumers would be able to manually opt-out of such policies.

FCC chairman Ajit Pai and other Republicans oppose the agency’s privacy rules because they feel the regulations unfairly target internet service providers more than internet companies such as Google and Facebook.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

since everyone wants to know ill just say i spent most of the day watching league of legends. i took a porn break, felt like some latina porn today. have a little hispanic fetish going on since they are being deported and are now exotic. checked S2 several times out of boredom. sell me something.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I dont see this as being a "i want to look up an individuals history!"

Its gonna be more like a company asking your isp what 40-50 year old white men, 20-30 year old latino women etc. Are browsing for the demographic and marketing purposes.