Internet Privacy is Gone

[KeithE]

[Dave Roberts]

One more effort to put America(ns) up for sale to the highest bidders.

[Haruo]

[JE Pettibone]

Ed: I have to admit, this is all news to me, can/would some one here bring me up to date on the history of this Bill, who introduced it? when was the senate vote. As I presently see it, I believe personally that it is an unconstitutional invasion of privacy without a search warrent. I would appreciate any responsible information with honest sources. ,pleaseForget Huffington Post.

[Sandy]

It has more to do with your internet provider, and other websites where you register and log-in, and the ability of the owners to sell information about you that is gathered from your internet activity. I would agree that it is an unconstitutional invasion of privacy, though the bill's supporters say that what's gathered can't be used against you in court.

The main thing is that businesses would get information about whether or not you purchase on the web, what you buy, what you read and look at, and it would allow them to put your information in their bots to target you with ads, popups, etc.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... 2c574860fb

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rep ... 68a5ca2c7c

Wow, and look at that. Compared to the most accurate news source in the country, the Huff Post got it right too! They do deal in facts, and have real reporters and journalistic verification, unlike Breitbart or World Net Daily or Rush Lamebrain.

[KeithE]

[Tim Bonney]

Get a VPN for your internet connection. I recommend SurfEasy VPN. This hides your use form your ISP and also encrypts your wifi connection so people can't hack you in Starbucks.

[Haruo]

Got a VPN last night, and Opera. The latter is Chinese-owned, but otherwise looks to be the safest of the available browsers for PC.

[Neil Heath]

According to what I've read, the rules that were removed had not actually gone into effect, but were to do so this spring. So in effect they just retained the status quo, which isn't a good thing. We just didn't realize how vulnerable we were.

I also read that some rich guy says he plans to purchase the web browsing history of every Congressman and make them public knowledge. That would be most interesting reading for some journalists.