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Note that this is only necessary because the 2018 Republican Congress voted to allow ISPs to sell user data. https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/house-

by guelo 7y ago

Note that this is only necessary because the 2018 Republican Congress voted to allow ISPs to sell user data. https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/house-votes-to-allow-internet-service-providers-to-sell-share-your-personal-information/ https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/house-votes-to-a...

reaperducer 7y ago
You seem to be under the impression that this didn't happen before 2018. This has been going on for a very very long time.
- guelo 7y ago
  The FCC passed a regulation to stop the practice and Congress voted to overturn that regulation.
  - dmix 7y ago
    ...so it was happening before 2018. And therefore has nothing to do with that bill because it was never law?
    - guelo 7y ago
      ...so if Congress had not taken that 2018 vote this Maine legislation would not be necessary. Just like I said.
      - dmix 7y ago
        That’s what you should have said then, instead of they changed something which resulted in this.
burtonator 7y ago
Gotta make it easier for the Russians to target you.
- dang 7y ago
  "Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mlindner 7y ago
Which isn't even technically possible in the first place. So voting to allow it doesn't do anything