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Are there even laws anymore? It seems like the law only applies to non-corporate entities and citizens. If you're in politics, law enforcement, or the Fortune 500, expect zero consequences for breaking the law. Exceptions exist but aren't the rule.
Toothless fines. Indict corporate officers or employees that did it... then you’ll get change.
This is civil law, not criminal. Maybe criminal liability s needed, but it’s just not reality. Also: beware what you wish for. Criminal law may allow your bloodlust to be satisfied. But it’s just as likely that the higher burden of proof it requires, and various other differences such as the 5th amendment, make prosecution difficult or impossible.
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The saddest thing about this is that my bank no longer requires notification for international travel, but still does for travel within the US. I've had my card shut off for fraud a few times while traveling in the US. Once when I had almost no gas and was outside of cell service, thanks for that. This is presumably due to all transactions outside of the US requiring chip, but those in the US only requiring swipe.
Switch banks? I have never once had American Express decline a charge domestic or international. Highly recommend!
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> The FCC really has become just a lobbying goat under Pai. Yikes. Who could’ve predicted that, given he was a lobbyist for Verizon.
Fair, though Tom Wheeler (previous chairman) was also a lobbyist and he turned out really well.
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Switch banks? I have never once had American Express decline a charge domestic or international. Highly recommend!
carry cash? no one is going to not accept that
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Fair, though Tom Wheeler (previous chairman) was also a lobbyist and he turned out really well.
What does a lobbyist even do? I can't even imagine the scene, they go in a politician's office and just start with "ok hear me out" or am I being naive and it just means finding ways to pay them money?
The money certainly doesn’t hurt, though.
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I'm more worried when I CAN'T buy that data - because then I have no idea what they're holding onto (for private deals, either with corps, defense contractors, .gov, etc).
You don't have to buy it. It's free: https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout
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NSA monitors foreign traffic.
On paper. How do you know it’s foreign? That’s why they warehouse it. As much as they can. Figure out if it’s foreign later on. Don’t underestimate the laws they will skirt to collect data.
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IIRC, Google doesn't sell your personal location data: https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/ Disclaimer: I work at Google.
That may be true. But Google created the entire damned infrastructure and environment which makes precisely that effect possible, no matter how thinly you slice the hairs on what it is you call the practice.