Invading Subscriber Privacy - Senate Says ISPs Can Now Sell Your Data

[wiyosaya]

The solution is VPN proxy and encrypted data.

Apparently, that is not the case in all situations. In some cases, as I understand it, ISPs know enough about their customers to make VPN use less than private.

BTW - the US House of Representatives votes Tomorrow - Tuesday, March 28, 2017 on the issue.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Apparently, that is not the case in all situations. In some cases, as I understand it, ISPs know enough about their customers to make VPN use less than private.

You would be incorrect. All traffic between your computing device and the VPN host is encrypted using methods no ISP can crack, generally.

BTW - the US House of Representatives votes Tomorrow - Tuesday, March 28, 2017 on the issue.

Won't that be fun.

 

[Totally]

I'm aware of SSN, but how exactly do you use it?
When you sign a contract (for a flat, a car, an internet/mobile plan etc) do you use your SSN? Is it written on the document?

Anything dealing with financials it will be asked for and used to pull u relevant information e.g. background check, credit history

Well this is surprising, but you seem very confident.
I used to think (and all I've found on the web seems to support it), that ID cards are not obligatory. Yes, you often need them to confirm your identity, but you are allowed not to have them.

There is no law requiring you to have them but the way system works it is extremely prohibitive, life will be very hard, to try and get by without one. Without an ID many things will automatically become off limits, so it is redundant make a law against not having one.

In Poland (where the ID card is mandatory for adults) you must apply for your first ID card before you turn 18. If you don't, you're actually breaking the law and are subject to detention or fine (same if you don't renew it in time).


I know that very well and actually mentioned it before. I actually used to work "cute" to describe a situation when an ID card is in fact an ID document for the unfortunate that don't have a Driving License. And that the ID card is issued by DMV. Just how American is that?

An ID card would look exactly the same as a Driving license except the line item where it would state the driver's class would instead read "FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY"

 

[Breit]

I'd prefer to read Hillary's email, less 33k missing of course. That's a lot of yoga and wedding emails! rt junkie was right...simply the way this article was written was a grenade with the pin almost falling out. If this is Breitbart, MSNBC, Politico, NYT, or some other political organization (hardly "news" anymore) I'd be all for it but this just seems to be a way to turn techpowerup into techpoliticsup.

You're probably right, he isn't that much into checking facts and reading up stuff. He'd probably just googled himself up.

 

[Fx]

Yet another gross misstep in violation of peoples property and privacy.

It won't stop here either. They will not allow anyone to impede their progress towards a full and complete surveillance network. I'm sure this would make all of the former merciless dictators proud.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Yet another gross misstep in violation of peoples property and privacy.

It won't stop here either. They will not allow anyone to impede their progress towards a full and complete surveillance network. I'm sure this would make all of the former merciless dictators proud.

And in the same breath people will cry about this, they will ask for more gun control. Amazballz.

 

[Fx]

And in the same breath people will cry about this, they will ask for more gun control. Amazballz.

I know right; there are throngs of confused people. Don't get me started on that -- that is for a whole other forum.

 

[R-T-B]

And in the same breath people will cry about this, they will ask for more gun control. Amazballz.

Prepare to have your mind blown mailman:

Not all us liberals are for gun control. Some of us might even *gasp* LIKE guns.

The issue is the two party system. You can't have any frickin' inbetweens.

 

[lexluthermiester]

And furthermore, some of us who lean liberal actually voted for Trump because he was a better choice then that sorry, pathetic excuse of a human being; Hillary "Human beings have no rights until they are born" Clinton. But I digress..

 

[dalekdukesboy]

You're probably right, he isn't that much into checking facts and reading up stuff. He'd probably just googled himself up.

Maybe, however if I sent him an email he might get it and read it, and not lose it and get hacked and have all his emails released by Wikileaks....just sayin'. Oh also he's President, Hillary is no one's President...ever.

And furthermore, some of us who lean liberal actually voted for Trump because he was a better choice then that sorry, pathetic excuse of a human being; Hillary "Human beings have no rights until they are born" Clinton. But I digress..

I forgot to add this but I'll just paste it there Lexluthermiester hit it on the head there. When people of any political stripe start defending her as "human" they lose me. Sorry, just is what it is her whole family is corrupt like the Kennedy's.