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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @11:23PM (3 children)
I know we're in the age of Trump, but that just seems like such an off the wall prediction. Impeachment just isn't likely.
But things are strange. [vice.com]
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday April 06 2017, @11:47PM (1 child)
Impeachment would cause a President Pence, who is pretty scary too...
It's actually quite scary in itself, that the least scary of the Republican VP/running-mates since the start of the century ... is Obamacare-botched-replacement-tax-hacking Paul Ryan.
(Score: 2) by Zinho on Friday April 07 2017, @05:15PM
It's actually quite scary in itself, that the least scary of the Republican VP/running-mates since the start of the century ... is Obamacare-botched-replacement-tax-hacking Paul Ryan.
The joke around DC is that presidential running mates are selected for being good "assassination insurance". Didn't seem to work so well for Reagan. [wikipedia.org]
Since his VP [wikipedia.org] went on to get elected later I'm going to assume Reagan just picked poorly.
"Space Exploration is not endless circles in low earth orbit." -Buzz Aldrin
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @03:47AM
There's another way to get him.
It's called Quo Warranto.
A state attorney general can pursue a case.
Trump can be held accountable for violating the Constitution, even if Congress doesn’t care [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [thinkprogress.org]
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