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

[zenkai]

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Senate Republicans just voted to give internet providers the green light to sell your web-browsing data without your consent

In a victory for internet service providers like Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T, the US Senate on Thursday voted to kill a set of Obama-era privacy regulations passed by the Federal Communication Commission in October.

The most notable part of the rules, which has not taken effect, would require ISPs to get explicit consent before sharing consumers' web-browsing data and other personal information with advertisers.

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

They were voting on a resolution proposed earlier this month by Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and cosponsored by 24 other Republicans that broadly calls for the FCC's privacy rules to "have no force or effect."

The resolution was proposed via the Congressional Review Act, a seldom-used law that the GOP is more widely applying to repeal federal regulations they contested late in the Obama administration with a simple majority vote. Republicans have a majority in both chambers of Congress.

The resolution will now need to pass in the House of Representatives — where Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee proposed a similar resolution earlier this month — then be signed by President Donald Trump before going into effect.

Because the resolution uses the CRA, the FCC would be outlawed from creating similar privacy regulations if the repeal is signed by Trump.

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*Pai feels the privacy rules unfairly target ISPs and give internet companies like Google and Facebook the ability to harvest more consumer data and dominate digital advertising. Google and Facebook are by far the two biggest players in the digital ad industry.

*This is a bullshit argument, you don't have to use Facebook or google to get on the internet, it's also easy to mask your IP, but your ISP is a different story, they shouldn't be allowed to share anything without your concent. Fucking Republicans


Update House passes it as well >

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39427026

[patriothammer]

implying only Republicans do this lmao

[fangless]

I mean, everyone's browsing habits and all that shit is already shared 500 times over. Not something I'd shed a tear over.

[Damajin]

Time to fire up Tor.

[Draco-Onis]

I mean, everyone's browsing habits and all that shit is already shared 500 times over. Not something I'd shed a tear over.

But you get a service in return for them selling your information, your ISP is already charging you money so you basically being screwed six ways to Sunday.

[Sam the Wiser]

Time to fire up Tor.

That legit does nothing, lul.

[God Save The King]

But you get a service in return for them selling your information, your ISP is already charging you money so you basically being screwed six ways to Sunday.

You're paying them money, so they can sell your information!

It's kind of like paying TV providers in order to watch advertisements! (which is why I hate TV providers)

[zenkai]

You're paying them money, so they can sell your information!

It's kind of like paying TV providers in order to watch advertisements! (which is why I hate TV providers)

Yeah, that's one of the reasons I cut the cord, that and for the same price of a cable TV bill I can buy/rent the media I want to watch.

[Jeezy911]

Tor is the only saving grace for internet freedom at this point. As long as we have a way to be discrete I guess it's not that bad.

[Deleted]

Time to fire up Tor.

Too slow and insecure. Get private secure VPN instead.

[Pendulous]

Time to find all the internet history on all these "totally honest, seriously for real" politicians.

[Belize]

Boy, they gonna see some gnarly porn.

[Tennis]

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*This is a bullshit argument, you don't have to use Facebook or google to get on the internet, it's also easy to mask your IP, but your ISP is a different story, they shouldn't be allowed to share anything without your concent. Fucking Republicans

While this isn't ideal, you could always limit your internet use and focus on your wife, family and hobbies instead.

[Truhan]

That legit does nothing, lul.

No, he means The Old Republic.

[zenkai]

While this isn't ideal, you could always limit your internet use and focus on your wife, family and hobbies instead.

Yes, browsing the internet less, and keeping my wife on the internet would totally fix this problem. Thanks Tennisace! I never thought about it that way!

[God Save The King]

Yeah, that's one of the reasons I cut the cord, that and for the same price of a cable TV bill I can buy/rent the media I want to watch.

Amazon, HBO, Hulu, and Netflix. Still like 1/4 the cost with no ads. (HBO does do HBO only ads for other shows on HBO, for the first 30~ seconds of episodes/movies)

[Gemini Soul]

What bothers me the most is that they are selling the data and thus double dipping on profits from us. It's not like they will be tracking anything new, ISP already log the sites we visit and stuff as is.

[Deleted]

Will not pass the House.

[Amerrol]

While this isn't ideal, you could always limit your internet use and focus on your wife, family and hobbies instead.

Are you assuming my partner identifies as a female?

[manypillars]

Time to find all the internet history on all these "totally honest, seriously for real" politicians.

Wasn't that the reason privacy protections for video tape rentals happened?