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[Caayn]

Arstechnica: Advertisers look forward to buying your Web browsing history from ISPs

If the FCC rules are eliminated, ISPs would not have to get consumers' explicit consent before selling or sharing Web browsing data and other private information with advertisers and other third parties. The FCC issued the rules when it was led by a Democratic majority last year.

The entire set of privacy rules could be undone by either the FCC or Congress. "Without prompt action in Congress or at the FCC, the FCC's regulations would break with well-accepted and functioning industry practices, chilling innovation and hurting the consumers the regulation was supposed to protect," the ad industry groups said.

It's "one of the worst rules that has been put forward in some time," Association of National Advertisers Executive VP Dan Jaffe said, according to a MediaPost article. "One way or another, it needs to be stopped." Jaffe said that the ad groups "plan to lobby on the Hill in support of the resolution proposed by Flake and Blackburn," MediaPost wrote.

Arstechnica: ISPs say your Web browsing and app usage history isn’t “sensitive”

The FCC rules passed during the Obama administration require ISPs to get opt-in consent from consumers before sharing sensitive customer information with advertisers and other third parties. The FCC defined Web browsing history and app usage history as sensitive information, along with other categories such as geo-location data, financial and health information, and the content of communications. If the rules are overturned, ISPs would be able to sell this kind of customer information to advertisers.

The privacy rules are unlikely to survive, as they are opposed both by the new FCC chairman, Republican Ajit Pai, and Republicans in Congress. What's less clear is whether the FCC will have any authority over ISPs' privacy practices after the rules are eliminated.

Report from CTIA: https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/103168...positions to Petition for Reconsideration.pdf

Sell my private data if old.

 

[Jonnax]

Delete your mobile phone providor's apps.
My one requests access to things like contacts and accurate location without any visible need to.

Only discovered it was doing it through Privacy Guard on Cyanogen/LineageOS.

Monetization of customer data is the next big thing being touted by all big players.

Of course in all those licence agreements you accept, you give over permission for them to do it.

Maybe they do a thing where you can't find out how much data you have unless you also consent to some privacy violation.
They won't say it like that of course. It'll be "This totally awesome app won't work unless you give us these permissions!"

 

[Angelus Errare]

So basically I'm about to get bombarded with

Even more Amazon ads (is that even really possible at this point?!)
I would say rap advertisements but I doubt it
Sneaker advertisements
Apple ads?
and porn?

 

[Deku Tree]

Is this making America great again?

 

[LewieP]

Why haven't they proven this point by their management all sharing their unfiltered browsing history and app usage?

 

[Kthulhu]

Time to invest in a trustworthy VPN, people.

 

[razgriz417]

PIA is what I'd recommend if you're looking for a good VPN

 

[ShadowKingpin]

Best VPN for Android?

 

[jellies_two]

If https is adopted they won't have your browsing history but they will still have ip addresses and dns lookups.

But in general this is part of the trumpian plan of
making the FCC into a pathetic agency that asks the industry lobbyists (being in their minds only Comcast att etc as they can afford to pay for representation) what regulations they'd most like. Ignoring all the other parts of the Internet ecosystem.

 

[Caayn]

Sorry for bumping my own thread.

But the US Senate has just accepted the bill, giving ISP a free pass to sell costumer browser/web data without asking the costumer: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/...ote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00094

Senate agrees to let carriers use your data however they want

"Passing this [Congressional Review Act] will send a powerful message that federal agencies can't unilaterally restrict constitutional rights and expect to get away with it," Flake said in a statement. If also passed by the House and signed by the president, the bill would leverage the CRA to halt the implementation of these rules and prevent the FCC from passing "substantially similar" regulations in the future. That means that we'll go back to having to actively opt out from service providers selling our data.

 

[KHlover]

How long until adblockers are made illegal and a camera that tracks eye movement to make sure you look at the ads becomes mandatory? Fuck em all.

 

[PnCIa]

Good stuff. No one outside of a small circle of people will care though.
Same with the google home beauty and the beast add. Its crazy, yet most dont grasp whats going on.

 

[Agent Gibbs]

If ISP's had been able to track and monitor then monetise web history we might have found out about crooked Hilary's emails sooner! Trump is our lord and savior and this is for the best, if you have pure thoughts and pure browsing history this will only benefit you
/sarcasm



I weep for you America, you have allowed your media and Politics to become so polarised its now effectively cults and people won't even entertain anything not spoon fed to them by their masters