It’s already begun. Just days after Congress voted to kill Internet privacy, Verizon has announced plans to install spyware on every Android phone on their network [1][2].
Protecting and encrypting your online life is more urgent than ever before.
Lawmakers who have taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from Big Cable companies [3] used a Congressional rule that gave them a small window to repeal the FCC privacy rules, which would have protected Internet users from some of the creepiest things their Internet service providers (ISPs) can do. But Congress just let ISPs like Verizon and Comcast in on:
- Your health history
- Your financial status & how much money you make
- Where you go
- Your political and religious views
- What products you buy, and so much more
Apathy is no longer an option.
The time to start securing your most private information online is right now.
Our easy, 6-step guide, #GetSafe, shows you how.
Congress voting to kill Internet privacy is bad– but there are still really meaningful things that you can do to increase your privacy, and if you’re not doing them, you’re leaving yourself completely vulnerable.
Through #GetSafe, we’ll walk you through some basic steps that will dramatically increase the safety of the personal information stored on your phone and computer. It’s quick, you don’t need to be tech savvy, and it’s more important now than ever before.
Visit https://www.letsgetsafe.org to start protecting yourself and your community today!
Thanks,
Laila at FFTF
P.S. We’re crowdfunding to put up billboards with the name of every lawmaker who voted to kill Internet privacy in their home districts. Chip in what you can!
[1] http://www.newsweek.com/congress-killed-internet-privacy-fight-back-576619
[3] http://www.vocativ.com/411479/senators-online-privacy-money/
Fight for the Future works to protect your rights in the digital age.
Apr 05, 2017 @ 03:19:47
You’re probably right Marti. I did, though, hear one good point on voting them out…if they’re not in office they’re of no use to the BIG $ brokers that finance their campaigns.
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Apr 03, 2017 @ 11:15:56
Louie I think we have passed the point of relying on the vote to change anything. What will have to happen is charging these corrupt politicians with malfeasance of office and work our way out from there.
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Apr 02, 2017 @ 18:58:05
The 2018 United States elections will mostly be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections will take place in the middle of Republican President Donald Trump’s term. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
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Apr 02, 2017 @ 03:20:20
See how your representative voted
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 202
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
BILL TITLE: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services”
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll202.xml
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Apr 02, 2017 @ 03:15:57
See how your senator voted and let them know your thoughts…at the next election.
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress – 1st Session
On the Joint Resolution (S.J. Res. 34 )
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00094
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Mar 31, 2017 @ 17:59:07