ISPs cheer pause of rule that guards private data from security breaches
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Instead of being confused, I'll be crystal-clear on the fact that you're bending us all over without lube. Thanks, Pai!
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Breaking news: Scumbag shitheel votes to remove consumer protections. Cites need of additional money.
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Fuck Ajit Pai. Sideways.
Sorry, that's about as polite and constructive a statement I can make.
I used to scoff at people who said that republicans were in bed with big business - my point was that both parties were.
Not really. The Republicans are overtly in bed with big business.
Sorry, that's about as polite and constructive a statement I can make.
I used to scoff at people who said that republicans were in bed with big business - my point was that both parties were.
Not really. The Republicans are overtly in bed with big business.
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You are so fortunate, Pai, that I do not have the super power to hate people to fucking death.
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If you didn't vote for Hillary, whether it was abstaining, voting third party, or voting for Trump, this is what you were voting for.
Remember that come the next election.
Remember that come the next election.
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Clearly you haven't been paying attention to what the CIA has been up to for the last few decades.
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Clearly the internet is an after thought for Ajit Pai. I mean he could be the regulatory chairman of any industry and he would sell us all down the river so he can live his lavish, high profile, business friendly life.
Edited for grammar.
Edited for grammar.
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Well, we are all nerds here. We could write an RFC to introduce spitting in the face over TCP/IP protocol? We could call it SITF over TCP/IP for short.
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How many end users are even familiar with data security regulations? Hell, most people don't even read the TOS. Pai should just shut up and repeal like the good little tool he is.
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I might as well sell my private info for a premium now, before it's freely available to everyone. Any bidders?
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You joke, but someone (sorry can't remember the source) thought about suing data brokers for theft, rather than fight an uphill battle for their privacy. If data is valuable, then taking it for free* should be theft.
(*For example parsing your e-mail content when it's sent to a gmail recipient, or having your picture posted by someone else on facebook when you aren't a facebook user. Users of those services get those services in return for their data. Non users get snared by their tracking also, and get nothing in return.)
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I'm not quite sure he understands how the internet works. This is kind of like saying big retail stores need to adhere to the same standards as the companies that make and maintain the roads consumers drive on to get to those stores, otherwise people will be confused.
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This is a great idea actually since I get very confused in stores. I'd love to see retail stores subjects to the same standards as roads. Then we could all walk or push carts in an orderly fashion, have traffic lights to direct people, have "road signs", speeding tickets for people rushing by me....
Who can I talk to in order to get this moving?
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Oh good. I was starting to think that my great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren would run out of all the free identity protection I've racked up.
Thanks Ajit!
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Thanks Ajit!
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I get where you're coming from, but it really is the Trump voters that bear the real responsibility.
I mean who the fuck looks at that list of candidates, with an option to write in anyone else, and decides "Yup, Trump is the most qualified"?
I don't care if you do hate Hillary with the force of a bazillion suns. You could have written in Hunter S. Thompson and it would have been a better choice than Trump.
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Did this make anyone else think of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (monkey brains)? Will Mr. Pai extract a beating human heart from the confused masses next?
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Not talking about responsibility, I'm talking about what the de facto result is of choices.
If you looked at Trump and said either --- "He's great, I'm voting for him," "I can't see a difference between a sexual assaulting sociopathic liar and a woman politician that has been the victim of a decades long smear campaign, no need to vote against him," or "I need to prove a point to the DNC, I'm doing something other than voting for Hillary, damn the consequences," --- then you were doing the same thing, you were saying Trump is good enough for you.
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I'm usually a nonviolent person. But I have some seriously violent thoughts that are going through my head right about now. Pai is a class one asshole, and he isn't even bothering to try and cover it with some even half plausible excuse.
Confusion? Really? Could you at least have gone with cost of implementation at this time is prohibitive until we can research a better method at a later date or some such BS.
Confusion? Really? Could you at least have gone with cost of implementation at this time is prohibitive until we can research a better method at a later date or some such BS.
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Jeeeeesus christ these people are stupid.
In the case of regulation, of COURSE you want it to be limited, narrow, and only when necessary and applicable only to companies you intend to regulate. What they're arguing for is "the big book of government regulations", where everybody has to meet all regulations all the time.
Party of small government my ass.
An ISP is not an edge provider, and as a consumer I don't have a choice of the info I provide to them based on the websites I visit. If Yahoo wants to have corrupt cookies all over the place and not tell anyone, I get to not use Yahoo. What is my option if Comcast does something similar? Move to an area where I get someone other than Comcast as an option?
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Well, a lot of consumers seem to be confused about Republicans' desire to screw them over.
Pai is doing his best to make sure that everyone knows they will. Unfortunately, I don't think it will be enough.
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Again, some people don't realize that voting for a GOP congress and GOP president changes other departments too.
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I'll just add that to the long list of rights being taken away by Republicans. Too many things to protest about, it's concerning that something's going to get missed along the way.
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Yeah, I remember the last off-the-charts readings I got when the S6 was announced with no SD slot
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Whole world? Try USA, many countries actually try to protect their citizens online data and privacy.
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Deviate from the norm? RUSH reference?
I always thought all trolls should DIAF, but Pai-Hole is now on that list.
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Dear NCTA,
I fixed your press release for you. Here is the applicable part.
“Today’s FCC action to issue a temporary stay of the data security regulation is a welcome recognition that consumers benefit most when NON-EXISTENT privacy protections are consistently applied throughout the Internet ecosystem."
That should improve the comprehension of your real statement, NCTA.
Sincerely,
the "benefiting" consumers.
I fixed your press release for you. Here is the applicable part.
“Today’s FCC action to issue a temporary stay of the data security regulation is a welcome recognition that consumers benefit most when NON-EXISTENT privacy protections are consistently applied throughout the Internet ecosystem."
That should improve the comprehension of your real statement, NCTA.
Sincerely,
the "benefiting" consumers.
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Yeesh, drama much? They aren't saying that, they are saying the rules and framework should be the same across the board and should be enforced by the FTC, not the FCC. They are trying to get things consistent rather than having this group handle some rules, this other group handle some others, and sometimes the rules overlap so which ones do you follow.... Working for a bank I see similar clusters all the time. The OCC is in charge of some things, the FED is in charge of others, and in some things they both overlap but their rules contradict one another. So which ones do we follow and when? It gets to the point where you spend more time dealing with regulation and documentation of following the regulations/audits than you do actually doing productive work that furthers the business's bottom line, or creates new product options for customers.
Look at it this way, I'm a business analyst. My job is to be the representative of the business line to the IT group, help in developing solutions that further the business, and work the technical side of projects in design, architecture and engineering as well as implementation. Know what most of my job actually is though? Filling out more audits on my system and putting off the business line so that I can answer constant regulatory requests.
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Is Pai right? Are data security laws that apply to generic businesses' handling of customer data sufficient to protect an ISP's customers? If so, then it's good that this stay was issued.
It seems one-sided though. The FCC should "borrow" the FTC's authority to investigate consumer protections for ISP businesses. Because the FCC has more contact with ISP businesses than the FTC does. I work in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. FDA inspectors borrow OSHA's authority to investigate workplace safety. Because FDA inspectors have more contact with pharmaceutical manufacturing plants than OSHA does, and it makes sense to do both inspections simultaneously.
It seems one-sided though. The FCC should "borrow" the FTC's authority to investigate consumer protections for ISP businesses. Because the FCC has more contact with ISP businesses than the FTC does. I work in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. FDA inspectors borrow OSHA's authority to investigate workplace safety. Because FDA inspectors have more contact with pharmaceutical manufacturing plants than OSHA does, and it makes sense to do both inspections simultaneously.
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