040: The Facts About Congress, Privacy, and your ISP

Grounded Reason Podcast - Cord Cutting and Internet Issues

In this episode Joel and Dennis discuss the recent action by Congress to remove consumer privacy protection when it comes to your ISP. They discuss what is hyperbole and what isn't and what we can do to still protect out privacy. They also discuss how the vote went down and how it connects to money donated from ISPs.

A History Of ISPs and Privacy Regulation: https://www.groundedreason.com/truth-repealing-online-privacy-protection/

What to look for in a VPN: https://www.groundedreason.com/what-is-a-vpn-and-how-to-chose-the-best-one/

OpenSecrets: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/03/vote-correlation-internet-privacy-res/

ISP Donations to Votes: https://www.opensecrets.org/datasets/house-privacy-vote-correlation

Jared Newman's Tech Hive Article on Cord Cutting: http://www.techhive.com/article/3186232/streaming-services/no-cord-cutting-will-not-break-the-internet.amp.html

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