Post-FCC Privacy Rules, Should You VPN?
Summary: The U.S. House approved a Senate resolution to roll back FCC privacy rules that would have barred ISPs from selling customer browsing data to advertisers, and President Trump signaled he would sign S.J. Res. 34 into law. The rules had not yet taken effect, so the article states that little changed about the privacy of the average American's connection except greater awareness that ISP customers have few privacy protections by default.
Bottom line: The article notes that VPN providers capitalized on the news, with one taking out a full-page New York Times ad naming the Republican senators who voted to repeal the dormant regulations - and warns that hundreds of VPN providers exist, many with affiliate programs that skew reviews and unclear ownership, so entrusting all browsing data to one carries its own risk.
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