Senate passes bill about ISPs sharing consumers' web-browsi and other things

[Deleted]

For the US posters. Here is a rundown of what this bill allows.

Hijacking searches
Selling your location and personal information to marketers
Inserting ads
Installing apps on your phone that track you
Undetectable tracking code

Every Digital righnts group in the US is up in arms about this. Including the EFF. This is a serious breach of privacy. You should contact your representives and tell them how you feel about this.

[Garnier Fructis]

implying only Republicans do this lmao

I admire your ability to generate false equivalences even when faced with reality:

The vote passed 50 to 48, with most Republicans in favor of the repeal and most Democrats against.

You numbnuts are the reason this shit happens. You're more interested in being partisan than in finding out who actually stands where on these and other issues. And you get fucked. There would be justice in this, if the rest of us weren't also getting fucked.

[Vash The Stampede]

Getting a VPN is looking pretty good.

[Garnier Fructis]

Getting a VPN is looking pretty good.

You have to be careful, as some VPN's apparently sell info as well. Which would really defeat the whole purpose of the exercise.

[Nemrod]

For the US posters. Here is a rundown of what this bill allows.

Hijacking searches
Selling your location and personal information to marketers
Inserting ads
Installing apps on your phone that track you
Undetectable tracking code

Every Digital righnts group in the US is up in arms about this. Including the EFF. This is a serious breach of privacy. You should contact your representives and tell them how you feel about this.

This is pretty funny you posting this just below someone with the signature of Person of Interest.
Well, it would be funny if it wasn't so scary.

[Begrudge]

anyone got a link tot he actual bill?

[Xisa]

That legit does nothing, lul.

Yes it does, what the hell are you talking about?

Any kind of VPN is going to completely block this. Sucks if you have Gigabit internet like I do, but otherwise it's not a big deal.

[XangXu]

lol @ American Libertarians who voted for Trump. Fucking dummies. You were warned.

[Wells]

Goddamn it. Why.

GOP has been operating on behalf of telecoms for a long time now. Why do you think they're so hard up on Net Neutrality?

[haxartus]

"Browser history" is fairly incorrect. Your ISP doesn't have your Google search history, only Google does. And even on plain HTTP, GET request filtering and recording for everyone would require too much processing power even for major ISPs to be worth the investment.
By the way, why aren't mores sites using TLS ? Why isn't this site using TLS ?

[Thoughtful Trolli]

Why would any ISP do that?

exactly what I thought. How was a 5 year member allowed to say something that stupid vvvvvvv

But the added revenue will result in lower prices when ISPs start competing with eachother. Seriously.

[Slybak]

"it doesn't matter who you vote for," they said. "they're all the same anyway," they said.

jill stein 2020

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lol @ American Libertarians who voted for Trump. Fucking dummies. You were warned.

As most rank-and-file American Libertarians can be accurately described as "Republicans who like to smoke pot," I sure as shit can't wait to see their response when Attorney General Foghorn Leghorn starts going after legal weed in the eight states that legalized it for recreational use.

[kail]

For the US posters. Here is a rundown of what this bill allows.

Hijacking searches
Selling your location and personal information to marketers
Inserting ads
Installing apps on your phone that track you
Undetectable tracking code

Every Digital righnts group in the US is up in arms about this. Including the EFF. This is a serious breach of privacy. You should contact your representives and tell them how you feel about this.

I'm in many ways against this bill, but can you explain the bolded part? What does ISP rights have to do with installing anything on a mobile device? Does the bill extend to cellular providers as well?

[Arkthugal]

Well I mean it does say right there that it requires explicit consent, by which it means they have to directly ask you and get permission. And no, asking through a ToS agreement doesn't count; those things never hold up in court. Ever.

[Deleted]

I'm in many ways against this bill, but can you explain the bolded part? What does ISP rights have to do with installing anything on a mobile device? Does the bill extend to cellular providers as well?

This bill includes devices that can browse the web. Be it Phone or PC . The platform matters not.

The EFF provides examples.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/0...cy-protections

2. Pre-installing software on your phone and recording every URL you visit.

[schwarzkopf]

implying only Republicans do this lmao

Well, Democrats had 8 years to do it, and it happens 60 days into Republican administration ... so it is more like a statement than an implication.

[Felya]

Well, Democrats had 8 years to do it, and it happens 60 days into Republican administration ... so it is more like a statement than an implication.

Not in Fox News worlds fair and balanced. If you don't blame democrats, then you are biased. Regardless of the facts... I believe it's what got Trump to seem at all legitimate...

[Garnier Fructis]

Well I mean it does say right there that it requires explicit consent, by which it means they have to directly ask you and get permission. And no, asking through a ToS agreement doesn't count; those things never hold up in court. Ever.

Requiring explicit consent is part of the Obama era rules that the Republicans are trying to remove.

[satimy]

For the US posters. Here is a rundown of what this bill allows.

Hijacking searches
Selling your location and personal information to marketers
Inserting ads
Installing apps on your phone that track you
Undetectable tracking code

Every Digital righnts group in the US is up in arms about this. Including the EFF. This is a serious breach of privacy. You should contact your representives and tell them how you feel about this.

So everything google and Facebook do now? I agree it's the wrong direction, but until they rule that metadata should be treated like healthcare info, we are fucked. Someone with money should buy the data for all the yes voters, I bet you could find some kinky shit

[Docturphil]

That legit does nothing, lul.

Apparently you don't know what Tor does or aren't using it properly.

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Installing apps on your phone that track you.

Really? That's definitely crossing the line if that's true.

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lol @ American Libertarians who voted for Trump. Fucking dummies. You were warned.

This doesn't really have anything to do with Trump.