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Congress to US citizens: Want online privacy? Pay up!

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PCWorld; By Michael Kan
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Tuesday’s congressional vote to repeal U.S. restrictions on broadband providers doesn’t mean that online privacy is dead. Consumers will just have to pay for it. The coming repeal, which President Trump is expected to sign into law, paves a clearer path for broadband providers to sell customers’ internet browsing history and other online data, without their consent.

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This is a very funny quote from the article:

PCWorld wrote:Privacy advocates are worried. Imagine corporate giants snooping on your internet activities, and then bombarding your PC, phone and TV with targeted ads.


Only people living in caves since 1999 would find this to be something new
> Only people living in caves since 1999 would find this to be something new

No, it's nothing new. But, in response to these developments: My PC browser has and adblocker and noscript installed. I almost never use the browser on my phone, and when I do it's to specific sites for specific reasons. My TV is an old CRT unit that can't even receive modern broadcasts (which is fine, because where we live we can't get any broadcast TV), but works fine for playing DVD's.

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