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posted by on Thursday February 02 2017, @04:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the another-special-relationship dept.

Full of confidence in Ajit Pai – the new boss at the FCC, America's communications watchdog – groups representing US telcos are seeking a repeal of the regulator's privacy rules.

Citing the appointment of Pai and the imminent decision to roll back the previous administration's net neutrality protections, industry groups now hope that the little requirement for an opt-in for the collection of user data will be frozen, if not done away with completely.

[...] "For over twenty years, ISPs have protected their consumers' data with the strongest pro-consumer policies in the internet ecosystem," the group writes.

"ISPs know the success of any digital business depends on earning their customers' trust on privacy."

Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/31/net_neutrality_dead_privacy_next/


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  • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Friday February 03 2017, @09:28AM

    by Wootery (2341) on Friday February 03 2017, @09:28AM (#462294)

    all that can really be done are things like "poisoning the well" ( submitting false information to the info gleaners ), or obfuscation ( like encryption )

    I like Schneier's taxonomy: avoid, distort, block, break.

    I highly recommend his article Data and Goliath: Four Ways You Can Protect Yourself From Digital Surveillance. [huffingtonpost.com]

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