Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
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Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#2I live there and I am proud our lawmakers took this seriously. It seems too common for lawmakers to not understand the ramifications of what was at stake.
Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#3Consent or die.
Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#4Kind of ironic, when I click it I am presented with a huge oath overlay saying how much they care about my privacy without a "Reject all" button anywhere in sight.
Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#5Why not ban browser companies, operating system companies, computer/phone companies, email providers, etc. too?
Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#6Kind of ironic, when I click it I am presented with a huge oath overlay saying how much they care about my privacy without a "Reject all" button anywhere in sight.
Really we need to stop relying on third parties to use our data "correctly" no-one has the time and expertise to carfully read and understand what these third parties say they intend to do with the data and then actually verify that they did what they said.
It is much easier to just assume these third parties will do whatever they want and either not share the data or accept that it will be used in ways you can't control.
Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#7For all practical purposes it won't make a difference. When you sign up for ISP service there will be a new small paragraph buried deep in the long 10000+ word contract text that says you consent to them selling your browsing data, which you have to sign to start the service, which nobody reads anyway.
Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#8I live there and I am proud our lawmakers took this seriously. It seems too common for lawmakers to not understand the ramifications of what was at stake.
There was a campaign by the Maine Chamber of Commerce running against it on the grounds that the privacy protections didn't go far enough. They only applied to ISPs (carriers) not to companies higher in the stack (Facebook, etc.). [1]
I couldn't quite work out of this campaign was done out of legitimate concern or was a cynical attempt to derail it? I mean, I agree with them that privacy legislation should apply broadly, but then I'm happy to at least start somewhere.
Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#9Why not ban browser companies, operating system companies, computer/phone companies, email providers, etc. too?
Why not just nip it in the bud and unplug the physical infrastructure of the WWW?
Re: Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
#10For all practical purposes it won't make a difference. When you sign up for ISP service there will be a new small paragraph buried deep in the long 10000+ word contract text that says you consent to them selling your browsing data, which you have to sign to start the service, which nobody reads anyway.
I agree. I also see this as protecting the ISPs from any future litigation from consumers since now the consumer has no choice but to give consent.