Your ISP Can Now Sell Your Browsing History Without Your Consent

Posted on May 1, 2017 by RonMamita — Leave a comment

– Computer Voyeurs –
Months have passed since we have discussed tools to protect ourselves when logged on the internet. I sincerely wish everyone choose to boycott certain corporations, in addition to using software-tools when at the computer…

A friendly blogger shared this informative link, and as a public service I think we should routinely discuss the privacy invasion, and censorship on the rise because the internet is being abused by institutions and wealthy corporate interests.
Look at this informative video channel on youtube. ~Ron
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq7O7PJJoPSRPQuiNZMiFqg/videos
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U.S. ISP Law: Is This 1984?

Security & Privacy
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F-Secure Security Advisor Sean Sullivan, who lays out the basics of the new ISP law in a timely video series. […]

Sean points out that there will be opportunities for consumers to opt out of their data being collected and sold by their ISPs, but as many people realistically won’t bother to go through the tedious task of opting out, the majority of consumers’ privacy will remain at a disadvantage under the new law.

Why is this happening?

Up until this point, web giants like Facebook and Google have possessed very different advertising technology than that of ISPs. Because Google and Facebook are regulated by the FTC and ISPs previously by the FCC, the methods in which these organizations could market to consumers differed greatly. “Google and Facebook only have to provide opt-out options as opposed to explicitly asking ‘can we use your information for marketing purposes?’”, says Sullivan.

With the new ISP law in place, ISP regulation has been shifted over the FTC – this effectively puts the ad tech of ISPs on a level playing field as Facebook, Google and the like.

Good news for ISPs, bad news for consumers.

What you can do to fight back

Broadband privacy is your human right. What can you do to keep your ISP from looking over your shoulder each time you connect to the internet?

Our answer: Make use of a reliable VPN.

“I use [a VPN] for security purposes when I’m out and about on my devices like my iPad, my phone, and my laptop. If I’m sitting at a coffee shop and I don’t know the Wi-Fi network, I use a VPN to protect my traffic. So if I’m at home and want to do the same thing, I can enable the VPN there as well and now there’s an encrypted tunnel between my device and the VPN.”

Using a VPN, such as F-Secure FREEDOME VPN, your ISP will be unable to view, collect and sell your online data. Whereas the new law for ISPs no longer promises consumers privacy by default, a VPN can fulfill that promise.

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