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Re:House Schedules Vote on Eliminating Consumer Online Priva... by shawnee_ on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:04AM (#13975580)
The "next week" referred to in this article happens today.

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/28/internet-...

For this to get through the Senate the way it did makes it pretty clear to me that the Senate is way beyond corrupt. Especially considering the piece of this legislation that goes way too far in prohibiting future privacy rules from enacted if, for some reason, this did end up going through and being a total disaster.

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Re:House Schedules Vote on Eliminating Consumer Online Priva... by barnabes on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:46AM (#13976083)
Leaving the politics aside for a second, wouldn't using a VPN fix this?
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Re:House Schedules Vote on Eliminating Consumer Online Priva... by paulajohnson on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:24AM (#13976340)
Yes, provided you are prepared to pay for one, know why you should want one in the first place, can put up with the increased latency, and are competent enough to set up your computer to use it. Most people are some combination of aren't/don't/can't/aren't.
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Re:House Schedules Vote on Eliminating Consumer Online Priva... by barnabes on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @01:29PM (#13978629)
My foray into VPNs was good.. pretty much download, install, and play.
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Re:House Schedules Vote on Eliminating Consumer Online Priva... by adgasf on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:20AM (#13976304)
Yes, but are you going to install a VPN for everyone? I think people should have a reasonable expectation of privacy, even when they are non-technical.
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Re:House Schedules Vote on Eliminating Consumer Online Priva... by barnabes on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @01:30PM (#13978644)
I've only tried a VPN provider once, and all it involved was to download a program that took care of all the configuration for me. Child's play it was.
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