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Re:VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy Problem by eduren on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:52PM (#13988165)
While I'm usually all for bashing both sides, does it really apply in this case? The bill in question repeals rules set out by the FCC under the Obama administration. Those rules were a proactive measure that increased privacy from ISP monopoly overreach.

If this recent attack on privacy is something both sides support (as you seem to claim), why did the Obama administration set out those rules? And why did the Democrats in Congress not vote for this repeal?

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Re:VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy Problem by masonic on Thursday March 30, 2017 @04:47AM (#13993833) 

  Those rules were a proactive measure
Were? Obama's rules affected by this legislation wouldn't have taken effect until next December at the earliest. It was an Obama administration screwup that opened this privacy hole in 2015, and it's been there ever since. Why is the outrage only popping up now? The ISPs have almost 2 years' worth of data already.
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