Obligatory notice that Washington Post has been putting out a lot of clickbait lately.
There might be something to this but given the recent track record I'm less than convinced.
There might be something to this but given the recent track record I'm less than convinced.
And in any case, this is a real bill, that people had been warning about for days from many different sources.
>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (81 Fed. Reg. 87274 (December 2, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
Which undoes [1]. From the summary on the first page:
>The rules require carriers to provide privacy notices that clearly and accurately inform customers; obtain opt- in or opt-out customer approval to use and share sensitive or non-sensitive customer proprietary information, respectively; take reasonable measures to secure customer proprietary information; provide notification to customers, the Commission, and law enforcement in the event of data breaches that could result in harm; not condition provision of service on the surrender of privacy rights; and provide heightened notice and obtain affirmative consent when offering financial incentives in exchange for the right to use a customer’s confidential information.
[0] https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-re...
[1] https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-12-02/pdf/2016-28006.p...
edit: the headline appears accurate.
I can't really get around my ISP without jumping through a lot more hoops.
Provoking and perpetuating off-topic flamewars counts as trolling, even if you didn't intend it that way.