So Comcast spent over $1m[0] in donations and more on lobbying for this specific piece of legislation only to turn around and say they won't take advantage of it?
They've just released this statement today because everyone is so upset, they're going bide their time, wait for this to blow over and then quietly start selling more and more invasive customer information. You don't spend millions on a law you have no intention of utilising.
They bring up their "targeted ad network" which you can "opt out" of in the same blog post. I wonder what "nonsensitive" information they'll be providing their ad partners about you? And what is stopping Ad Partners from cross-referencing several ad networks?
Not to mention its a giant monopoly that has very little regulation that matters when you have no choice but to use them. Theres only a few outcomes this will play out to in my mind. Either things will get so bad theyll be split up and/or regulated as a public utility and such, or there will be some sort of big revolution / revolt / underground market (think tor, mesh networks, etc.), OR the populace will be made more docile than they are now big brother style until one of the first two options eventually comes to pass in the wheel of life.
They've just released this statement today because everyone is so upset, they're going bide their time, wait for this to blow over and then quietly start selling more and more invasive customer information. You don't spend millions on a law you have no intention of utilising.
They bring up their "targeted ad network" which you can "opt out" of in the same blog post. I wonder what "nonsensitive" information they'll be providing their ad partners about you? And what is stopping Ad Partners from cross-referencing several ad networks?
[0] http://resistancereport.com/class-war/comcast-congress-brows...