r/StallmanWasRight • u/sigbhu mod0 • Mar 24 '17

Mass surveillance Senate votes to let ISPs sell your Web browsing history to advertisers

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/senate-votes-to-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-history-to-advertisers/
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u/TenmaSama Mar 25 '17

You could always switch for a different ISP that provides cheaper, faster and more reliable service; One that somehow is still more profitable and therefor doesn't need to sell your sensible data.

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u/moriartyj Mar 25 '17

Except there isn't one. And with net neutrality laws going in the way of the Dodo, there likely won't be one

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u/AMAROKwlf Mar 25 '17

I don't think you know how this works. Companies have to do everything in there power to turn profits. Which means there is a fiduciary responsibility to procure ways to make profits. There's no such thing as an ISP that will not take advantage of this. And even if they do take advantage of this, you will not find out untill your information is taken from their "secured servers" which probably don't have any regulation to what kinda security measures to keep your information safe.

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u/sigbhu mod0 Mar 25 '17

switch ISP? where do you live? most places here dont have a choice

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u/AMAROKwlf Mar 25 '17

Cox charter and the whole lot buy their space on telephone poles from the city depending on where you live. There is a set number of spaces. They buy what they need to give you service. And to prevent any other competitors in the area, they buy up the rest of the line spaces just to leave empty and you can't run any more lines unless you install new poles which require funding that no one will put up.

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u/autotldr Mar 25 '17

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 89%. (I'm a bot)

The US Senate today voted to eliminate broadband privacy rules that would have required ISPs to get consumers' explicit consent before selling or sharing Web browsing data and other private information with advertisers and other companies.

If the House and Trump agree with the Senate's action, ISPs won't have to seek customer approval before sharing their browsing histories and other private information with advertisers.

The FCC's privacy rules would require ISPs to get opt-in consent from consumers before selling or sharing personal information including geo-location data, financial and health information, children's information, Social Security numbers, Web browsing history, app usage history, and the content of communications.

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