ChairmanLMAO
Well, the next obvious step is to take the internet to task and replace government itself with it.
Bob
It looks like the only option for privacy will be to always enter fake information and let your bot spend a few minutes randomly browsing the web every day to confuse advertisers about your true interests. People are getting really tired of laws and rules that only protect businesses and not the consumer.
the webman
As an American who did NOT vote for the current bunch of idiots running the store, I wish I could say I was surprised by this development. While politicians on both sides of the aisle are beholden to special interests, especially since the Supreme Court handed down their Citizens United ruling, the Republican Party has made it increasingly clear that their only foci are maintaining power and catering to the desires of their corporate benefactors.
JoeSez
The internet version of telemarketing should always be "opt-in," by default. The fact that the US (contrary to Europe) tends to favor commercial interests over the individual, in the name of commercial interests, is what led to telemarketing call lists (invading privacy), and seems poised to take that even further into our private lives, with this legislation. Money talks ... buys influence, at the expense of the public.
eMacPaul
I rent a VPS for a couple bucks a month. I will be installing OpenVPN server on it; screw Comcast.
DavidRogerBrown
Your exactly right,webman. Congress is bought & paid for pennies on the dollar by the 1%ers. They could care less about the American people,only their corporate party agenda. But the voters,along with closing polling places,rigging the Congressional districts and voter suppression, keeps voting the same ones back in.
mathcpat
As long as the average politician can take in $6M per year in bribes from businesses, don't hold your breath that they will protect the American public.
Stephen N Russell
No privacy for sure./
chase
Will Anonymous retaliate in mass protest...? Now that will be a movie in the making... if successful.
Daishi
I think the thought is ISP's want to monetize being able to sell your data the same way Google and Facebook are doing it now to subsidize those services (those are billion dollar companies you use for free, where does the money come from? selling you). This should be illegal but it while we are on the subject it may be time for some reflection about how much spying we are comfortable with Google doing too. Remember when privacy tools used to flag the doubleclick tracking cookie as spyware before Google bought the company? We have been trading our privacy for cheaper costs for ages.