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posted by n1 on Thursday April 06 2017, @11:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the are-you-getting-what-you-voted-for-yet? dept.

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: 2) by FunkyLich on Friday April 07 2017, @12:33AM

    by FunkyLich (4689) on Friday April 07 2017, @12:33AM (#489966)

    For those who are able to do it, it will become more and more attractive the use of self built vpn-s. Getting a VPS like the ones offered here, https://www.time4vps.eu/pricing/ [time4vps.eu] and then setting up openvpn in it is not really very complicated and they are hosted outside of US territory, in Lithuania in this case. One can share the monthly cost of it with family members or friends or whomever they like who cares enough for issues like this, a cost which after all is comparable to a couple of extra drinks every month.
    I am not affiliated at all with the company shown above, but I used them a few years ago for simple personal use. It only as an example that I brought it here and I am sure one can find similar offerings elsewhere and everywhere. I believe that money shout go to who really deserves and for matters like this I think modest companies like that deserve it more than amazon, google or microsoft and their swollen shiny clouds.

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