..are being targeted.
http://resistancereport.com/resistance/crowdfunding-lawmakers-internet/
Republicans in Congress just voted to allow Americans’ browser history to be bought and sold. A genius crowdfunding campaign wants to use that against them.
The website searchinternethistory.com is attempting to raise $1 million in order to put in bids to purchase the internet history of leading Republicans and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) members. The first histories the site aims to buy are those of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
“If it takes a million dollars to get real change, I am sure a million people are willing to donate $1 to help ensure their private data stays private,” wrote Adam McElhaney, who launched a GoFundMe campaign for the endeavor.
McElhaney clarified on the GoFundMe campaign’s site that while he understands the privacy risks of using social media, the privacy rules Congress just eliminated goes far beyond what he feels is acceptable.
“I understand that what I put on the Internet is out there and not private. Those are the risks you assume. I’m not ashamed of what I put out on the Internet,” he wrote. “However, I don’t think that what I lookup on the Internet, what sites I visit, my browsing habits, should be bought and sold to whoever. Without my consent.”
McElhaney, who describes himself as “a privacy activist & net neutrality Advocate,” argues that since both houses of Congress have passed billsallowing anyone’s browser history to be sold and purchased by major telecom giants like Verizon, that the American people should be able to buy the browser records for their elected officials. If successful, the site aims to publish a searchable database of browser history for every member of Congress who voted to gut former President Barack Obama’s regulations prohibiting corporations from viewing Americans’ browser histories.
“Everything from their medical, pornographic, to their financial and infidelity. Anything they have looked at, searched for, or visited on the Internet will now be available for everyone to comb through,” the site promises, next to a survey of which public official’s browser history should be published first. “Since we didn’t get an opportunity to vote on whether our private and personal browsing history should be bought and sold, I wanted to show our legislators what a democracy is like. So, I’m giving you the opportunity to vote on whose history gets bought first.”
“Help me raise money to buy the histories of those who took away your right to privacy,” McElhaney adds.
Those who don’t have the means to donate money to the campaign are being asked to donate any legal skills they may have, so the site’s administrators can navigate around the tricky legal battlefield of purchasing and publishing the internet history of some of the most powerful people in the United States.
As of this writing, the campaign has raised more than $56,000.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: skifurthur AMSaddler
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:04 pm
Time to play devil's advocate
Time to play devil's advocate here.
Why is it OK for Google and Facebook to amass the same data and sell it to marketers but not Verizon, Comcast, etc?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: intentionally blank mikeedwardsetc
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:11 pm
Google and FB notify users in
Google and FB notify users in their Terms of Service. Of course, nobody reads those things, but it's in there.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: skifurthur AMSaddler
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:14 pm
I'm sure there is a TOS for
I'm sure there is a TOS for the above ISPs as well. So, if the ISP notifies the user that they are selling the data; it's ok?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cb shuffle
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:14 pm
You don't have to use Google
You don't have to use Google or facebook but you must use an ISP.
Maybe Trump will veto it.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _ ender
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:14 pm
>> Why is it OK for Google
>> Why is it OK for Google and Facebook to amass the same data and sell it to marketers but not Verizon, Comcast, etc?
You choose to opt-in to to google and FB's services. You exchange your data for free services. There are alternatives to these services that don't require you to give up your privacy.
ISPs are necessary to do anything online. It's akin to a utility, there is no alternative.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _ ender
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:23 pm
The next step is ISP
The next step is ISPs throttling those that protect themselves with VPNs.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _ ender
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:33 pm
Apparently 97% profit margin
Apparently 97% profit margin just isn't enough.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-kushnick/time-warner-cables-97-pro_b...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face Nancyinthesky
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:43 pm
Donate to the cause here
Donate to the cause here
https://www.gofundme.com/searchinternethistory
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call" Knotesau
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 05:50 pm
Does McConnell own a computer
Does McConnell own a computer ?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino kxela
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 06:00 pm
The biggest difference is
The biggest difference is that Google and Facebook don't have the whole picture. Your ISP sees everything. There are also some pretty low tech easy ways to stop Google and Facebook from tracking you. It is a lot more difficult with your ISP. You basically have to pay for a VPN in order to slow down the tracking
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face Nancyinthesky
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 06:19 pm
http://www.distractify.com
http://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/03/29/ZOXB29/temkin-buying-cong...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 – 07:52 pm
No privacy online. You do
No privacy online. You do have a choice whether or not to be online.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Fly Fly
on Thursday, March 30, 2017 – 10:14 am
Buying their info is a great
Buying their info is a great idea in a prankster way. They should start with Trump.
$12. Thats what your info is worth to Google. They sell your privacy for the price of a good 6 pack.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High Surfdead
on Thursday, March 30, 2017 – 10:33 am
>>>>>They sell your privacy
>>>>>They sell your privacy for the price of a good 6 pack.
In my case, they're getting a bad deal.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: icenine Furthurnyc
on Sunday, April 2, 2017 – 09:54 am
Time to grow up your privacy
Time to grow up your privacy is gone!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________ Heybrochacho
on Sunday, April 2, 2017 – 10:16 am
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/520971836/message-to-resistors-from-occupy...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: intentionally blank mikeedwardsetc
on Sunday, April 2, 2017 – 10:27 am
The World’s Biggest Porn Site
The World’s Biggest Porn Site Goes All-In on Encryption
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/pornhub-https-encryption/
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: aiq aiq
on Sunday, April 2, 2017 – 10:29 am
Demos are the same as they
Demos are the same as they ever were, a vehicle for drawing attention to an issue.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would never have been passed if not for many aching feet marching many miles.
Now we march because this gang of thugs is trying to do away with those gains and many others.
Never going back. It will be burned to the ground first.
"You better listen to people like Martin King or you may have to listen to people like me.". Malcolm X