re: The ISP/privacy issue, the dilemma and "conservatives"

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Here you even acknowledge that the two are different categories of industry.

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And HIPPA applies to all categories of industry. Privacy law done correctly.

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But basically you are mad that we don't regulate both as opt-in? So therefore we should just regulate none of them until then?

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We should regulate them equally.

Why do you folks love the idea of regulations applying to one group but not another?

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I hate to break it to you brother, but you're still being used for ad revenue.

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Explain

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wrong. As of right now the info ISPs collect is more extensive

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ISPs know where you go. Content providers know where you go, why you're there, and what you're buying. Not to mention all the personal bullshite people vomit on social media.

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It creates an advantage because ISPs cannot use the same data that content providers do to generate revenue.

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That is not typically what is meant by advantage. Advantage would typically be that by outlawing a type of machine that both the beef and chicken industry use to keep costs down and produce their product, but only applying that restriction to the chicken industry. Therefore the beef industry is given a competitive advantage because they are direct competitors in the meat market.

By your logic it is wrong to force tobacco companies to restrict advertising or have the surgeon generals warning on their box because their profits are affected, meanwhile high sugar food companies, that contribute to diabetes and obesity, are still allowed to advertise and are not governed by such warnings.

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This also creates a huge opportunity for market growth for smaller ISPs not named AT&T, Comcast, Google, Time Warner, etc. The smaller ISPs won't be able to financially gain near as much as the big dogs when it comes to selling customer data but they do get a nice big marketing chip to play by selling privacy and security to their customers

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See the problem with this logic is you assume that the big companies won't use the government to prevent more small isps. They only preach smaller government when the government doesn't promote their local monopolies.

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with their own property/equipment/data/etc.

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Except we subsidize the isps and all their property.

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And HIPPA applies to all categories of industry. Privacy law done correctly.

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It's HIPAA, and no it doesn't. It applies to covered entities and business associates. You've repeated this as fact multiple times now, even saying that the ISPs would be regulated under HIPAA laws already.

Just like the FTC bullshite, you don't know what you're talking about again


Feel free to check out the HHS website

Case and point: the media can release HIPAA protected information they obtained as they aren't covered....

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So while I don't like the idea of personal data getting exploited for the gain of crony capitalist giants, this is a situation where what they want is actually a step in the right direction as far as reducing government. 

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You seem to be fully cucked, but I'm gonna say something that will blow your mind...


Sometimes, government regulations are a good thing. And this situation is a good example.