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Well, if the vote hadn't been party line, it might have made a difference. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/28/the-house-just-voted-to
by kurthr 10y ago
Well, if the vote hadn't been party line, it might have made a difference.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/28/the-house-just-voted-to-wipe-out-the-fccs-landmark-internet-privacy-protections/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/28...
- paulddraper 10y agoTrue, though the vote and the justification of the vote are different things. The most common opinion of those on that side is "Internet is not fundamentally different from other communications (e.g. cable)"
- JoBrad 10y agoThat's a good point. Although your ISP can gather a lot more data than your cable provider.
- maxerickson 10y agoYes, the thing to do would be to regulate them all similarly. No commercial trade of personally identifiable information, limits on use of aggregate information, short limits on data retention.
- killwhitey 10y agoThe comparison to TV/cable is a good one. I don't think people who feel this way would say the same about telephones or the postal service.
- paulddraper 10y agoAFAIK there are no laws preventing telephone and postal providers from collecting and selling metadata.