The Inquirer reports
Donald Trump has signed the bill that will allow ISPs to share or sell customers' browsing history for advertising purposes.
Last week, the Republican House of Representatives passed a resolution which overturns a rule laid down by the FCC during the Obama administration that meant that users had to give their permission before such data was used by third-parties and any breach would be reported as a hack.
President Trump signed the bill on Monday [April 4], which means while many ISPs say they will not sell respect[sic] customers privacy and won't flag their browsing history and other personal data, they can now do so under the new rules. Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast will no longer be obligated to obtain consent before selling and sharing data, and they don't have to notify customers about what kind of data they collect.
[...] There's one winner of this privacy-destroying bill, though, and that's VPN providers.
NordVPN said it has already seen an 86 per cent spike in [inquiries].
Common Cause published, via Common Dreams, a comment from Statement of Michael Copps​, former FCC Commissioner & Common Cause Special Adviser:
Despite a campaign filled with rhetoric about the plight of forgotten Americans, Trump has once again come down on the side of corporate profiteering at the expense of Americans who don't sit on corporate boards and can't afford a $200,000 membership at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. Trump has flip-flipped on his own campaign promises and handed over Americans' right to privacy to those with the deepest pockets.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @11:18PM (8 children)
We deserve the government we get. We get what we deserve.
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Thursday April 06 2017, @11:34PM (3 children)
Pretty sure you got what about half of you voted for. It'd be an even weirder system your way.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Thursday April 06 2017, @11:47PM (2 children)
More like slightly less than half of everyone who voted.
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2) by fishybell on Friday April 07 2017, @01:28AM
Technically slightly less than half of everyone who voted.
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Friday April 07 2017, @04:38PM
It's not more like that than what i said; I didn't think the deficiencies of that particular system were worth dragging out again.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @02:40AM
That's trite.
What exactly does it mean to "deserve" something?
And who is this "we" you are talking about?
Does the premature baby born to a woman thrown off medicaid 'deserve' to die from lack of medical treatment?
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Friday April 07 2017, @03:50AM (1 child)
We deserve the government we get. We get what we deserve.
"Deserve" not by being overtly evil, but by not caring enough to actually go out and vote.
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @03:54AM
Voting is the bare minimum to feel good about yourself for your civic participation.
People who merely vote don't even get to choose who is on the ballet. Voting in elections really doesn't man jack.
Good governance requires a shit ton more work from an engaged citizenry than merely voting.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @10:02AM
George Minafer, is that you?