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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been urged to put in place stronger protections for broadband subscribers' privacy. A letter [PDF] written by a coalition of 59 activist groups from across America demands that FCC chairman Tom Wheeler fast-tracks proposed rules that would restrict the ways broadband service …

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  1. Graham Marsden
    Devil

    Well, yes we could...

    ... but there's all these commercial interests paying us lobbying us to let them snoop on everything you do monitor activities anonymously, because that information can be sold on can be used to improve their services...

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    1. Mark 85
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      Re: Well, yes we could...

      And there's a special bonus from NSA, et all that's coming soon to an ISP near you.

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    2. Ian Michael Gumby
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      @ GM Re: Well, yes we could...

      Did you mean a company like Google? (err. Alphabet...)

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      1. NotBob
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        Re: @ GM Well, yes we could...

        Isn't that on by default in android and chrome?

        Better yet, surf the net on chrome on stock windows 10. Once everyone has your data you will literally have nothing to hide. Added bonus, the more people have it, the less it is worth on the market, so the less reward for the collectors.

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  2. RedneckMother

    <snark>

    Yeah, well... good f'ing luck with that...

    </snark>

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  3. Ole Juul

    users should deal with this

    It's always been good practice to not give your ISP all your browsing info. People are already moving in that direction by using VPNs. Here is yet another reason to do so. Actually even just not using their DNS servers can go a long way. Try OpenNIC for example.

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  4. earl grey
    FAIL

    just click here to use browser

    and give your permission for us to gather anything we want about you at any time and monetize that information for our profit.

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