Specifically, the FCC had been able to prevent internet service providers (ISPs) from spying on your internet history, and selling what they gathered, without express permission. This legal protection on your internet history is currently under attack thanks to these 24 Senators and lots of ISP lobbying spend.
The list of 24 Senators cosponsoring this bill, including Senator Jeff Flake, is:
– John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) – Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) – Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) – John Boozman (R-Ark.) – Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) – Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) – John Cornyn (R-Texas) – Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) – Ted Cruz (R-Texas) – Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) – Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) – Dean Heller (R-Nev.) – James Inhofe (R-Okla.) – Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) – Mike Lee (R-Utah) – Rand Paul (R-Ky.) – Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) – Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) – Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) – Dan Sullivan (R-Ark.) – John Thune (R-S.D.) – Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) – Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) One more step to invading our privacy!
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Strange, but when I view an article here on Pennocks, I often get advertisements on my Amazon for such things. Monkeyman's air compressor thread that I responded in, linked to DeWalt compressors. Or when I spoke of tires the other day in General. Same situation. It bothers me, but I understand that I am not the one to solve this issue, and just have to carry on with life.
Now, I could not imagine that Senators of the same party voting similarly.
Strange, but when I view an article here on Pennocks, I often get advertisements on my Amazon for such things. Monkeyman's air compressor thread that I responded in, linked to DeWalt compressors. Or when I spoke of tires the other day in General. Same situation. It bothers me, but I understand that I am not the one to solve this issue, and just have to carry on with life.
Now, I could not imagine that Senators of the same party voting similarly.
Its not going to make THAT much of a difference, considering that companies can already view your cookies from browsing, but this prevents people from being able to circumvent it. Example: You should always look at airline tickets in incognito mode, so the airlines cant adjust the price based on how many times you have looked at them. If this law goes into effect, ISPs will be able to track the information regardless.
Like I said, I know very little about the regulations involved here. Honestly, without being abrasive, I just do not have the storage space negated to things of this nature.
This is a misleading article. all this bill does is disprove of a new rule enacted by the fcc in the last month or so. At worst the bill aims to keep the status quo. here is a link to the bill and a link to the fcc rule read them yourself and make up your own mind. While I agree with the premise of the rule Im not convinced its not just a continuation of the power grab that has been going on for a while now where the fcc desires to regulate as many things as they can about the internet. https://www.congress.gov/bi...t-resolution/34/text https://www.federalregister...munications-services
This is a misleading article. all this bill does is disprove of a new rule enacted by the fcc in the last month or so. At worst the bill aims to keep the status quo. here is a link to the bill and a link to the fcc rule read them yourself and make up your own mind. While I agree with the premise of the rule Im not convinced its not just a continuation of the power grab that has been going on for a while now where the fcc desires to regulate as many things as they can about the internet. https://www.congress.gov/bi...t-resolution/34/text https://www.federalregister...munications-services
Kind of puts a whole different spin on the situation, huh?
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This is a misleading article. all this bill does is disprove of a new rule enacted by the fcc in the last month or so. At worst the bill aims to keep the status quo. here is a link to the bill and a link to the fcc rule read them yourself and make up your own mind. While I agree with the premise of the rule Im not convinced its not just a continuation of the power grab that has been going on for a while now where the fcc desires to regulate as many things as they can about the internet. https://www.congress.gov/bi...t-resolution/34/text https://www.federalregister...munications-services
Or maybe it is a bias against anyone with an "R" next the the name?
Companies have been selling private information forever. I remember when you could buy lists of 20,000 names, addresses, phone numbers, etc for the sales call companies before the Do Not Call list era. I don't like it much either but it's not new.
This is a misleading article. all this bill does is disprove of a new rule enacted by the fcc in the last month or so. At worst the bill aims to keep the status quo. here is a link to the bill and a link to the fcc rule read them yourself and make up your own mind. While I agree with the premise of the rule Im not convinced its not just a continuation of the power grab that has been going on for a while now where the fcc desires to regulate as many things as they can about the internet. https://www.congress.gov/bi...t-resolution/34/text https://www.federalregister...munications-services
The key to understanding what is really behind the smoke screen of that "article" is two simple words in the 2nd sentence: net neutrality
