Our republican controlled government worked together last week and Monday to pass and sign away your privacy; privacy the FCC was fighting to protect back in the days of Obama. With zero democratic support, congressional republicans decided your internet provider can now share your web history.
Internet Providers currently say they will not sell our information – who believes this will be the truth 3 years from today? pic.twitter.com/1zY4F1Uatx
— Stop Trump ? (@StopTrump2020) April 4, 2017
The rules had not gone into effect yet. Privacy advocates who spend less time complaining and more time acquiescing, the ones who know a bit about the internet are suggesting using a VPN to keep your broadband rulers from giving away your every query, interest, and YouTube rabbit hole to ‘advertisers’.
How to use a VPN to protect your internet privacy: https://t.co/qShHqkJdrq via @ZDNet
— Sphre (@sphreco) April 4, 2017
Verizon had a nice, corporate-speak way of saying they don’t sell you browsing history, according to Reuters:
Verizon does not sell personal web browsing histories and has no plans to do so but the company said it has two advertising programs that use “de-identified” customer browsing data, including one that uses “aggregate insights that might be useful for advertisers and other businesses.”
Ironically enough, perhaps by design, today is 1984 National Screening day across many art theaters in the United States.
You thought this would be good, having the Right, who stand on the pillar of individual freedom, control the entire US government, but the snake has turned its head toward you. As of Monday, Trump signed away your browsing history.
$VZ $T $CMCSA BULLISH, humanity…bearish
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You’re love for God Emperor Musk is conflicting with your mistrust of his buddy Trump. Tesla will benefit greatly during Trumps presidency. Gary Cohn could not contain his excitement today talking about Musk’s great ideas for infrastructure.
I know, these are the best of times in terms of infrastructure. Except for that DAPL snaking across our most sacred land.
There is nothing stopping anyone from using https, VPN, etc.
As it stands, the regulation (not law) affected did nothing to stop Google or Facebook from saving your usage history.
Seems like the regulation only helped the Google’s and the Facebook’s of the world have a monopoly.
https://youtu.be/B9dh7ez203g
Agreed I don’t like this new rule
The fact that Trump signed the bill only legitimizes wanton spying and violations of privacy. Investment in VPN providers here might be a good play.
On the other hand, the zombie sheep that willing give up all personal information to Fakebook, Instagram, google, iPhone, etc. wont even bother switching to Tor, public VPN, or encryption let alone be concerned with protecting their data and privacy; so fuck’em.
Raul… sounds like a lazy Mexican commie name.
The rich will not eat good ol’ working class people alive like they did in your abuelito’s country. This isnt Mexico. That can’t happen here.
Trump loves America and all Americans.
And the lazy bitches who sit on their ass, complain and spend time blogging don’t know how to, nor will they bother to figure out how to click the Opt Out box or simply surf the net incognito.
Read the fine print on incognegro mode in chrome and Firefox, your ship’s still being logged, ya biiiiiish
The time it took you to write that sentence you could have logged on to your ISP and clicked the OPT OUT box.
Use two devices. One with fake name for general Internet surfing. Use another PC for personally identifiable transactions or social activities where you will use your real name. Put one on a wireless card and the other on wired Internet if you wish. The times I’ve taken my general use laptop to work, the IT people might have wondered who Edward Foley is, logged onto the guest WiFi. Anyone who cheats on a spouse or deals in contraband knows this strategy well.
I think the primary genius of Mark Zuckerberg is creating a social platform where most users will want to be identified by their real identity.