Kiss network privacy goodbye under Trump Republicans ( Archived) (9)

POLITICS 03/28/2017 07:03 am ET | Updated 19 hours ago
House Republicans Vote To Let Your Internet Service Provider Share Your Web History
The change could also expose your Social Security number and information pertaining to your children and health.
By Dana Liebelson

WASHINGTON ? House Republicans jammed through a measure on Tuesday overturning the Obama administration’s rules that would have banned telecom and cable companies from sharing customers’ personal information, including web browsing history, without their consent.

The House resolution passed 215-205, mostly on party lines. Its companion passed the Senate last week on a 50-48 vote. If President Donald Trump signs the measure into law, internet service providers will win a regulatory victory. But advocates say consumers can kiss network privacy goodbye.[

“ISPs will be able to sell your personal information to the highest bidder ... and they won’t have any real obligation to keep your personal information secure, either,” Gigi Sohn, who previously served as counselor to former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, said Monday.

The FCC adopted rules last October that required companies like Comcast and Verizon to get their customers’ explicit permission before they could share “sensitive” data like Social Security numbers, or information pertaining to children or health. Under the rules — which are not yet in effect — companies also had to tell customers and law enforcement if a potentially harmful data breach occurred. (Verizon is the parent company of The Huffington Post.)

In a heated floor debate on Tuesday, House Republicans sought to paint the rules as an example of government overreach. “These broadband privacy rules are unnecessary,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who introduced the resolution.

But House Democrats warned that Republicans were scrapping common-sense privacy regulations — and predicted a dim future without them. Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) pointed to a patent application from an ISP for a cable box that would detect whether people were cuddling on the couch through a thermal camera, then show them TV commercials for a romantic getaway or contraceptives. “That’s what this bill will allow, and you can’t turn it off,” he said, calling it “terrible.”

The measure uses the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to undo any regulation within 60 days of its finalization, while also barring agencies from writing a “substantially” similar rule after the original one has been overturned. That means the FCC could be banned from regulating ISP privacy issues in the future, said David Segal, executive director of Demand Progress, a grassroots group.

Trump ran a populist campaign, but his vision for the FCC, a government agency that is supposed to protect consumers from predatory telecom and cable companies, is shaping up to be the opposite, consumer advocates say. The current FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, also opposed Obama’s privacy rules when he was the agency commissioner under the prior administration.

Internet service providers say it’s not fair they have to be subject to regulations that tech giants like Facebook and Google, which the Federal Trade Commission oversees, don’t have to follow. In response, Republicans have advocated for a privacy framework modeled on the FTC’s approach. But according to Sohn, the FTC rules come into play after harm occurs ? while the FCC’s regulations have the power to protect consumers before they are harmed.

Very important to Read more....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-are-about-to-kill-rules-banning-internet-providers-from-sharing-your-web-history-without-your-consent_us_58d9a4cbe4b00f68a5ca2c7c?ps5iww8u1mhuayvi&

written by crazy...i have a virtual machine on a VPN on a programmable
router and a 50 mile ship to shore repeater...works good out here
in the country where cell towers are scarce, of course its wise to harden
your computer/OS/ use only "IPv4 connection status for now. disable the rest
as it will cut a lot of tracking. disable all upgrades for now as well.

if you have windows 10 your going to have to delete quite a bit from
down in your OS files...am very familiar with 10, but i still use 7
for personal use.

use firefox only as default browser use IXQUICK,duckduckgo
as homepage, I use noscript and disconnect from the netherlands,
a URI blocker, & HTTPS everywhere...when using noscript set it to block
everything, only whitelist ytimg & youtube.com...keep your whitelist small.


you can also find unlimited data for 55.00 a month no contract.

the following info will help you learn commands, you can play with it, just make
sure you back up original settings in case you accidentally knock yourself off line.

also in the settings link below, 0200 - 0380 are imperative for the paranoid, i agree
agree with most everything after that but have some
of my own personal privacy preferences...after you do this run panopticlick
or one of the other tracking tests to make sure you are secure and not leaking
data anywhere on line. have fun and stay secure.

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Do you think changing will stop them from selling our information, if Trump signs the paperwork? I don't think it will matter, these companies will still sell us out if the law is passed. Things are getting really frightening and out of hand with all this foolishness with the new technology going on. Just when you think you're secure and safe... bam!... something else pops up! All they will do is trace your IP number no matter which browser you use..

have a virtual machine on a virtual private network, my IP never shows up anywhere,
it's the same setup as any hospital,bank,university or business private network,
it doesnt leak data, it's what you have to do nowadays.

heres the link correction for paranoid FireFox settings

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one more time

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OK, last time you will have to go to the first link



and scroll down to "The privacy and security list" and use any one of the list links,
as specified on the page.

You can download the most recent version of the list with a click on the following link: user.js-ghacks-0.11.zip

Alternatively, you may load a custom HTML version of the list: User.js Light or User.js Dark, and load the changelog directly as well.

Thanks Crayon, but you know I don't have a clue as how to do all that you have posted... maybe when you drop by for dinner on Friday you can do it for me and hook me up

Nevertheless here is what's new in the news today about all of this...

MAR 30, 2017 @ 09:40 AM 10,739 VIEWS The Little Black Book of Billionaire Secrets
Now Those Privacy Rules Are Gone, This Is How ISPs Will Actually Sell Your Personal Data

Thomas Fox-Brewster , FORBES STAFF
I cover crime, privacy and security in digital and physical forms.

A sign hangs on the Verizon headquarters on May 12, 2015 in New York City. Verizon is one of many ISPs who operate massive advertising networks. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Ever since Congress voted to repeal the FCC's broadband privacy protections due to come into force later this year - which would have prevented internet service providers like AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, Sprint and Verizon from selling personal data like web browsing history without prior consent - there's been a lot of bluster and blarney flying about.

Some, like the Cards Against Humanity creator Max Temkin, have promised to buy and publish the browsing histories of those congressmen and women who voted to abolish the privacy rules. As Russel Brandom at The Verge has already pointed out, this would most likely be straight up illegal, and those campaigns are probably doomed to failure.

What few have actually addressed is how telecoms companies actually profit from such data (and will be able to continue to do without consent, thanks to the vote). No, ISPs will not just sell massive Excel sheets of personal info to the highest bidder, nor will they flog records on named individuals, again a probable breach of the law.

ISPs = giant advertising networks

Instead, they'll continue to operate much like Facebook and Google do. They will wait for brands and ad companies to come to them and offer money for ad space on their networks, whether that's via text messages, apps or websites, wherever ISPs have presence (so, kind of everywhere in modern life...).

ISPs have been doing this for years as most aren't just providing internet services; many operate giant advertising networks. For instance, AT&T has AdWorks, while Verizon has the blandly-titled Relevant Mobile Advertising and Verizon Selects, which it melded with its AOL Advertising Network in 2015.

There is too mich information to post a;ll.. read more...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/03/30/fcc-privacy-rules-how-isps-will-actually-sell-your-data/#3b725a1c21d1

It could be only good for tracking scammers.