[opendtv] Re: F.C.C. Proposes Privacy Rules for Internet Providers - The New York Times
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 01:17:17 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
we get 4-5 calls a day from numbers that are spoofed - caller unknown.
We get far fewer than that, maybe one or two, which only proves you have to
keep working at it. We used to get upwards of 10 nuisance calls a day, starting
as early as 6:00 AM.
But the comparison is irrelevant, as the article pointed out. The FCC
has no authority to regulate Google and Amazon and Facebook; these
companies make billions selling our personal data.
But when you sign up for an account, you are told what these guys do with your
data. When you get a telephone line or a broadband connection, you expect that
line is private. You are not told that the telephone company or broadband
provider are monitoring your every call, and selling information gathered
during these calls to whoever wants it.
The important takeaway from the article is that only months after
claiming Title II authority to regulate the Internet, the FCC is
proposing rules that will only apply to the ISPs
Because ISPs have not been announcing that they monitor you communications and
sell the content openly, to whoever asks for it, for their own benefit.
I have never given Google or Amazon permission to sell my data.
You probably never read the fine print. Facebook claims, or claimed, that they
could use photos you upload, for instance. The simple fact is, Craig, the FCC
never said they would regulate those Facebooks etc. to ensure your privacy. But
if you insist, I'm sure they can be made to do so.
Meanwhile, feel free to take a national referendum, to see whether or not
people expect their telephone line and broadband link to be private. Yes, even
in spite of the NSA overreach. Go ahead, Craig. Convince us that an expectation
of privacy in your telephone or broadband is absurd.
The government has no business sticking its nose into everything
we do.
And they don't. But you just complained that you don't want Amazon to sell your
data. Maybe you should get the FCC involved there, sounds like.
The point being, knee-jerk libertarian rhetoric is totally unconvincing. Go
ahead and take that national poll, Craig, to see whether or not people expect
their blasted telephone or broadband service to be private.
Bert
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