"ALL YOUR BROWSING HISTORY ARE BELONG TO ME"

That's the song your ISP will be singing once Trump signs off on a bill to end privacy in the United States where much of the world's internet infrastructure already lives.

Last week, a thread posting this image of a NYT full page ad warning of the dangers of the loss of internet privacy became one of the most upvoted reddit posts of all time.

Since then, the bill has passed from Senate onto Congress, where it was again passed.

This move seems to be in line with AT&T wanting to charge almost $400/y to customers who did not want their browser history sold to anyone willing to buy it.

Either way, you should know that your privacy is being sold out. So either make some noise to convince the American President to veto the law, or start shopping for a VPN, for as long as that remains helpful.

Also see:

this reddit comment with a list of resources, and...

This video regarding the news by youtube channel h3h3:

https://videosift.com/video/Sold-to-the-Highest-Bidder

And this article about the Cards Against Humanity creators intentions:

http://resistancereport.com/news/cards-humanity-creator-just-pledged-buy-publish-congresss-browser-history/

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Hope this info is helpful.

Safe internetting!
newtboy says...

Interesting that the 50 no voters received only 10% less than the yes voters from telecom. I guess they wouldn't stay bought, or are they just holding out for more?
Either way, we're hosed. They absolutely do not represent their voters.

notarobot said:

Oh, and for those interested, here's a discussion of a chart showing the $$$ contributions sitting US senators accepted from the telecom industry that stands to gain so much from this bill.

It should be worth noting that your cell-phone browsing will likely be subject to the same laws.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/62ep42/donations_to_senators_from_telecom_industry_oc/

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