Your browsing history is already known and used by Google, or whichever search engine you use, any social media you use and Amazon and every other online retailer you use. This regulation did nothing to change that. So yours is really a red herring argument.
Moreover the regulation really would not have stopped the ISPs from getting and using your browsing history. It just would have made it a little more difficult. So all the privacy arguments about this are a tempest in teapot.
The real issue is do you really want unelected bureaucrats to govern you or would you like to stick to the Constitution and be governed by the Congressman and President elected by the majority.
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- Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:06 pm
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:22 pm
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Re: FCC Internet Privacy Reg canceled- good or bad?
Apparently a lot of people on here don't care whether they are governed by nameless bureaucrats over whom they have no influence or by their elected representatives. This isn't about privacy; it is about the FCC illicitly grabbing power over the internet. Regardless of the value or lack thereof of these rules, you shouldn't want the FCC making the rules when it has no authority to do so.
The action by Congress is simply one to take back control from the FCC!
The action by Congress is simply one to take back control from the FCC!
- Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:32 pm
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Re: FCC Internet Privacy Reg canceled- good or bad?
There are a couple of problems with the FCC order.
First, the FCC claimed to have jurisdiction over the internet, i.e. the right to regulate the internet. To have such jurisdiction, Congress would have needed to enact a law giving the FCC jurisdiction. Congress never did this. So this was a huge power grab by the FCC which would have led to increased regulation of the internet. A conservative certainly should not want or like this kind of power grab.
Second, all or almost all of the major ISPs, I used to work for one and worked on this issue, provide you a means to tell them that you don't want your information used. This is called opt out. The FCC order required that you give the ISP permission to use your information, opt in. The ISPs didn't like this because almost nobody opts out, but conversely almost no one opts in.
Third, while the reg would have applied to ISPs like AT&T, Verizon and the cable companies, I don't believe it would have applied to Google, Facebook, Amazon or other social media or online sales sites. Google, Facebook, etc. have far more information about you than do any or even all of the ISPs. The probably know more about you than even the NSA does.
So the rule was a massive power grab by the FCC while it really didn't impact the companies that really have, are using and are selling your information.
First, the FCC claimed to have jurisdiction over the internet, i.e. the right to regulate the internet. To have such jurisdiction, Congress would have needed to enact a law giving the FCC jurisdiction. Congress never did this. So this was a huge power grab by the FCC which would have led to increased regulation of the internet. A conservative certainly should not want or like this kind of power grab.
Second, all or almost all of the major ISPs, I used to work for one and worked on this issue, provide you a means to tell them that you don't want your information used. This is called opt out. The FCC order required that you give the ISP permission to use your information, opt in. The ISPs didn't like this because almost nobody opts out, but conversely almost no one opts in.
Third, while the reg would have applied to ISPs like AT&T, Verizon and the cable companies, I don't believe it would have applied to Google, Facebook, Amazon or other social media or online sales sites. Google, Facebook, etc. have far more information about you than do any or even all of the ISPs. The probably know more about you than even the NSA does.
So the rule was a massive power grab by the FCC while it really didn't impact the companies that really have, are using and are selling your information.