[Bluehorseshoe]

However much you hate your cable company, know that they love you—and all the money you give them. Now, they've got another reason to love you, courtesy of the U.S. Senate, and the vote they just finished: Whoever provides your internet access will now be free to track what you look at online, and then, sell that information to other companies.

By a vote of 50-48, the U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a resolution that repealed a requirement put in place by the Federal Communications Commission forcing internet service providers (like: cable companies, or the companies that you pay for internet access) to obtain permission from their consumers before tracking and selling their data.

That rule, which had yet to go into effect, represented one of the biggest moves by the FCC (the government's primary media regulator) to protect consumers with respect to the data that they collect online.

The resolution will need to go through the House of Representatives and get a signature from President Donald Trump to become official.

"With today’s vote, Senate Republicans have just made it easier for American’s sensitive information about their health, finances and families to be used, shared, and sold to the highest bidder without their permission," said Sen. Edward Markey (D) in a statement following the vote.

If the resolution is successful, your internet provider will be able to track where you go online, what you look at, and a host of other things, and then sell that information to other companies — and they won't need to ask for your permission or notify that they are doing this.

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http://mashable.com/2017/03/23/senat.../#maEQow7xwmq8

[Bluehorseshoe]

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...tions-services

[JIBBBY]

Nothing is really that private anymore... Privacy is overrated IMO if you have nothing to hide and are a straight shooter..

For you sick bastards that have skeletons in your closet then you probably won't like this.. Privacy then is a concern for those...

You certainly don't want your credit card or bank information and stuff like that made public though when using the internet..

[themike78]

This means nothing. Haven't they already been doing this? They can track me all they want. Good for them.

[NrmlCurvSurfr]

i cant blame them, information is power...look at google, ibm, Facebook, etc...those guys already know more about us and what we do than our own mothers...

[reigle9]

My favorite part is when I'm shopping for something and then go to fb, and there's already ads for it despite me having adblock, ghostery, and peer block. Not that i really understand ghostery or peer block, but it appears they do nothing.

[hostile takeover]

Im guessing mark zuckerberg is not a fan of this vote

[Mac4Lyfe]

Which is why you have to have a VPN at the least. Ideally get a modem that can't be detected on the cable network that physically moves to different locations/nodes.

[milwaukee mike]

Nothing is really that private anymore... Privacy is overrated IMO if you have nothing to hide and are a straight shooter..

For you sick bastards that have skeletons in your closet then you probably won't like this.. Privacy then is a concern for those...

You certainly don't want your credit card or bank information and stuff like that made public though when using the internet..

i'm sure you will be first in line then to tell the irs and every other branch of government about your gambling activities

[MUHerd37]

The NSA has been grabbing all our shit for years. You really trust them more??? VPN.

[tunaguitar76]

Privacy is overrated

That might be the stupidest thing ever posted here. Apologies to TTWarrior and his LARGE body of work of course.

For you sick bastards that have skeletons in your closet then you probably won't like this.. Privacy then is a concern for those...

No, it's the sick bastards you have to worry about. You couldn't possibly feel this way if you have kids.

How many times have companies been hacked and personal information stolen? So it's a good idea to have this info sold to more companies to be potentially stolen?

You certainly don't want your credit card or bank information and stuff like that made public though when using the internet..

Right, and this makes that much more likely than not.

Privacy isn't a concern, until it is.. then it's too late.

[bosigga]

i'm sure you will be first in line then to tell the irs and every other branch of government about your gambling activities

Ditto

How can anyone on here be ok with this?

[qwertvt]

What is a good VPN that will allow tunneling?

[RudyRuetigger]

i'm sure you will be first in line then to tell the irs and every other branch of government about your gambling activities

id love for them to know mine, maybe I can get some kind of tax credit for all these losses I cant claim since I have no winnings

[qwertvt]

id love for them to know mine, maybe I can get some kind of tax credit for all these losses I cant claim since I have no winnings

I believe you can write off gambling losses to the extent of your winnings.

[lakerboy]

Right wingers defending any dumb move made by the republican Congress that takes care of the business owners.

[Roadtrip635]

That might be the stupidest thing ever posted here. Apologies to TTWarrior and his LARGE body of work of course.



No, it's the sick bastards you have to worry about. You couldn't possibly feel this way if you have kids.

How many times have companies been hacked and personal information stolen? So it's a good idea to have this info sold to more companies to be potentially stolen?



Right, and this makes that much more likely than not.

Privacy isn't a concern, until it is.. then it's too late.

Some people get it.

[RudyRuetigger]

I believe you can write off gambling losses to the extent of your winnings.

yes that's why I included last 5 words

[milwaukee mike]

id love for them to know mine, maybe I can get some kind of tax credit for all these losses I cant claim since I have no winnings

go ahead and post your browser and betting history here, they might be watching

[qwertvt]

yes that's why I included last 5 words

Sorry there Rudy, no disrespect intended.

[jjgold]

means nothing

every website you visit knows every site you go to

cookies

VPN's worthless now more

Impossible to hide your router if a website uses geo location as a requirement like some books are starting to to and all legal casinos use now in states and vegas




Earlier, websites would use the IP address to determine your approximate location but with the HTML5 Geolocation API, web browsers can more accurately detect your location using data from GPS, Wi-Fi networks, cell towers, Bluetooth and the computer’s IP address. If you agree to share your location with the browser, it will send these details to Google Location Services for estimating your location which is then shared with the requesting website.

[Cuse0323]

They're gonna be bored wasting their time with me. Hopefully someone steals my identity, and pays my lawsuit and debt.

It is messed up, but in reality not too much is private anymore. Hasn't been for years. As long as when I'm gone they don't print a report out about me then I don't really care.

It shouldn't be a thing, but it already is anyway.

[RockBottom]

Right wingers defending any dumb move made by the republican Congress that takes care of the business owners.

No, you would be wrong.

[swordsandtequila]

That might be the stupidest thing ever posted here. Apologies to TTWarrior and his LARGE body of work of course.



No, it's the sick bastards you have to worry about. You couldn't possibly feel this way if you have kids.

How many times have companies been hacked and personal information stolen? So it's a good idea to have this info sold to more companies to be potentially stolen?



Right, and this makes that much more likely than not.

Privacy isn't a concern, until it is.. then it's too late.

Tried to nominate but wasn't allowed, for some reason. Anyway, dead on. Never ceases to amaze me how gullible people can be. Wing nuts preach "small government" all the time but are okay with shit like this. I just don't get it

[jjgold]

like how many of you live in fear

[Cuse0323]

Tried to nominate but wasn't allowed, for some reason. Anyway, dead on. Never ceases to amaze me how gullible people can be. Wing nuts preach "small government" all the time but are okay with shit like this. I just don't get it

We're all fcked. The USA has become like asking your friend should I go left, or right? There's no going straight anymore at the stop sign. Even if it's a deadend, each side would rather slam into their side.

[pilebuck13]

Not ok with this at all. But they already track what you purchase and seek the data everywhere. What do you think your Safeway club card does?

[jjgold]

the whole thread is funny

old news

who cares

[5mike5]

We're all fcked. The USA has become like asking your friend should I go left, or right? There's no going straight anymore at the stop sign. Even if it's a deadend, each side would rather slam into their side.

best political post of the whole year

[Bluehorseshoe]

I don't understand how you're not at least allowed to opt out of this tracking???

[Smoke]

go ahead and post your browser and betting history here, they might be watching

Luckily all my nudes of Mrs Milky are stored in a folder offline

[RudyRuetigger]

go ahead and post your browser and betting history here, they might be watching

passsssssssssss

Sorry there Rudy, no disrespect intended.

I just meant im a huge fukkin loser...almost as bad as stevek

[jjgold]

SBR POSTERS=LIVE IN FEAR

[RudyRuetigger]

SBR POSTERS=LIVE IN FEAR

jj my sponsor said I should only say nice things to people

so

back in a 2011 video, you were holding a nice pen. good purchase. im sure it was a fine point

[Bluehorseshoe]

SBR POSTERS=LIVE IN FEAR

This bill isn’t the only gift to the industry. The Trump F.C.C. recently voted to stay requirements that internet service providers must take “reasonable measures” to protect confidential information they hold on their customers, such as Social Security numbers and credit card information. This is not a hypothetical risk — in 2015 AT&T was fined $25 million for shoddy practices that allowed employees to steal and sell the private information of 280,000 customers.

There's more to this than you think.