[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: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:58:33 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Yeah...then we learned the NSA was collecting metadata on every
phone call in the U.S.
True enough, but this is strictly regulated. As opposed to the free-for-all way
in which these practices evolve, when greed is allowed to go unchecked.
But don't worry, you have nothing to fear if you are doing
nothing wrong...
I guess it all depends what you think is the greater threat. Unthrottled greed
from opportunist SOBs, or black helicopters and redcoats carrying muskets.
http://fortune.com/2015/04/28/isps-share-your-data/
You probably never read the fine print.
You probably should read the article. This sharing is something they want to be
able to do, and that's what the FCC is now wanting to prevent. THIS is the key
point, that I doubt anyone other than greedy SOBs would support:
"What Quinn seems to be ignoring is that those other ad-supported services such
as Facebook run on top of the broadband networks. AT&T is actually proposing
tapping the networks themselves and using a technology called deep packet
inspection to peek at people's web surfing as a way to improve its marketing."
Which of course, would include reading your emails, transmitted files,
whatever. I doubt you'll find many consumers wanting that to be allowed. I
doubt you'll find many consumers who think the FCC should ignore this problem.
(With the exception of those same yahoos that obsess over black helicopters and
those redcoats lurking about.)
It is absurd to believe we still have the privacy you think exists.
It might be absurd to think privacy is guaranteed, but it's hardly absurd to
let greedy SOBs snoop unfettered. Sorry, Craig, not too many people would
object to a presumption of privacy, for your telephone line or broadband link
itself.
Yes, of course, ultimately you can try to encrypt all your phone calls and all
you online activity. Too bad that as a user, you are not capable of doing that
alone, universally. The other end of that line needs to participate, and that's
usually not under your control. But it might just come to that. Or, the FCC can
make deep packet inspection by broadband providers illegal, as it should be,
and then the problem is reduced, if not guaranteed to be solved.
I think it fair to say that more than a few people are fed up with
the status quo in Washington D.C.
As usual, broad brush, vague generalities. As much as people are fed up with
government overreach, they're HARDLY fed up with smacking down overly greedy
SOBs. Don't forget that the FCC got more mail about net neutrality than about
anything else, and that the overwhelming majority of that mail wanted
neutrality guaranteed.
It would be extremely difficult for you to successfully argue against net
neutrality, and against a presumption of privacy on broadband or telephone
lines. Get real.
Bert
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