Republican Senators Vote to End Privacy Online (independent, invasion, companies)

[heavyweight]

Social media and most websites already monitor your activity and sell it for profit. This bill allows Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to set up the same Terms of Service (TOS) contracts that Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, iTunes, Instagram, Snapchat make you sign before you join.

Now Comcast, Time Warner etc can get a piece of the action.


The bill was literally split along party lines except 2 Republicans who didn't vote. Republican senators quite literally sold part of the privacy of every American Citizen, resident, and visitor. Meanwhile every single Democrat and Independent voted against giving the companies more power to invade and control lives.

This also likely results in an uptick for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). I happen to use the one that took out the full page ad in the New York Times.

[tonym9428]

TRUMP wins!!!

[Retroit]

Is there really such a thing as "online privacy"? If I do a google search for some product I'm thinking of buying, for a long time afterward I will get advertisements all over the web pages for that product.

[AksarbeN]

Only the POTUS can have privacy without wiretap and invasion of his security being monitored. All the other citizens and forget it.

[cmptrwlt]

Originally Posted by Retroit

Is there really such a thing as "online privacy"? If I do a google search for some product I'm thinking of buying, for a long time afterward I will get advertisements all over the web pages for that product.

First, delete the cookies...

No, there is not full privacy, even if you use VPN.

[Old Gringo]

Yup!

That's what Pubs in DC do.

Peddle away whatever benefits the public might have so that their corporate paymasters can make a few extra bucks at your expense.

This could only come as a shock to the completely clueless.

[rbohm]

there never has been anything as online privacy, EVER.