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Old 03-28-2017, 09:56 PM
 
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All well and good, until the tame Telco manager currently heading up the FCC does away with Net Neutrality. Ooops, traffic to VPN providers just got the lowest possible priority. What a shame, but the ISP is not obligated to treat traffic equally and it's not in their interest to undercut the nice little profit center that the Republicans have so graciously given them. You just turn off that nasty VPN like a good little consumer and see performance increase.
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Old 03-28-2017, 09:58 PM
 
Location: Pacific Northwest
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Will banking info, email/ passwords, addresses, etc be protected? Why do they want this info from Americans? I am against the government taking private info that wasn't given to them.
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:12 PM
 
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Will banking info, email/ passwords, addresses, etc be protected? Why do they want this info from Americans? I am against the government taking private info that wasn't given to them.

LOL, I would buy it all. You know how much value there is in that info.
For example, emails containing numbers are often good to send certain email marketing campaigns. If I could tie it back to their banking info, I'd be able to optimize the messages even more.

I really wish.


You can thank Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:12 PM
 
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Will banking info, email/ passwords, addresses, etc be protected?
These days, almost all content is encrypted (https and the like) - but the ISP can quite easily see what websites you're going to. It's a bit like the difference between the postal service keeping a record of who you're corresponding with vs. reading your letters.

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Why do they want this info from Americans?
Money. You spent time looking up stuff with cancer support groups? Your health insurance would very much like to know. Did you visit Home Depot's website? Time for Lowe's to put some ads in your browser and some spam in your mailbox.

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I am against the government taking private info that wasn't given to them.
This is not the government taking anything. This was the government keeping your Internet provider from snooping in your business, and Republicans putting a stop to that.
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:23 PM
 
Location: Pacific Northwest
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LOL, I would buy it all. You know how much value there is in that info.
For example, emails containing numbers are often good to send certain email marketing campaigns. If I could tie it back to their banking info, I'd be able to optimize the messages even more.

I really wish.


You can thank Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What? Your willing to make money off this? I hope you aren't serious.
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:23 PM
 
Location: London
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This is terrible. And I don't really see this as a partisan issue (despite the vote split -- and serious kudos to the 15 Republicans with the integrity to vote NO on this). Everyday conservatives and liberals alike who know about this are outraged by this.
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:29 PM
 
Location: London
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Notice that the Trump supporters are nearly silent on this. They can't defend this, because it's indefensible.
What's with the unnecessary division? I'm seeing quite a few express disapproval with this. It's possible to support Trump while still disagreeing with certain things.
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:31 PM
 
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This is terrible. And I don't really see this as a partisan issue (despite the vote split -- and serious kudos to the 15 Republicans with the integrity to vote NO on this). Everyday conservatives and liberals alike who know about this are outraged by this.
But it obviously is a partisan issue. Conservatives support getting rid of the privacy rule because it was instituted by evil Obama. Look at the vote split. Don't tell me this is not a partisan issue. It obviously is. Liberals like our privacy on the net. Obviously, conservatives do not want privacy on the net.
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:32 PM
 
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What? Your willing to make money off this? I hope you aren't serious.
Yeah, I totally would. It's called advertising, ad-tech, etc. It's what I do for a living. Building algorithms to present the optimal ads to consumers so as to improve their overall online experience. We're doing you a great service.

Thank you TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:47 PM
 
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What's with the unnecessary division? I'm seeing quite a few express disapproval with this. It's possible to support Trump while still disagreeing with certain things.
No it's not. Supporting Trump at this point is such an insanely irrational and stupid position, it's impossible to have any common ground with Trump supporters.
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