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Security Pros Give Their Opinions on ISP Data Privacy Rollback

By Sue Marquette Poremba, Posted April 26, 2017
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    Wake Up Call That Business Needed

    "The fact that your ISP can sell your browsing history to the highest bidder is a wakeup call. To help protect our privacy from looming ISPs, today’s internet users must set up a proxy server or VPN, at the most basic level. The only problem is most people don’t even know what a VPN is, let alone how to manage one. If you obtain a VPN and get it set up, guess what? You need one for your house, your mobile devices, and you have to manage and pay for it."

    Ajay Arora, CEO and Co-founder of Vera

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Security Pros Give Their Opinions on ISP Data Privacy Rollback

By Sue Marquette Poremba, Posted April 26, 2017
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    Wake Up Call That Business Needed

    "The fact that your ISP can sell your browsing history to the highest bidder is a wakeup call. To help protect our privacy from looming ISPs, today’s internet users must set up a proxy server or VPN, at the most basic level. The only problem is most people don’t even know what a VPN is, let alone how to manage one. If you obtain a VPN and get it set up, guess what? You need one for your house, your mobile devices, and you have to manage and pay for it."

    Ajay Arora, CEO and Co-founder of Vera

Privacy rights took a hit when Congress and President Trump decided to roll back rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at the end of the Obama administration regarding online data collection. As Carl Weinschenk wrote:

Among other things, they mandate that consumers give their permission ("opt in") for their location, browsing history and perhaps other data to be shared …

IT staff, organization leaders, and the average citizen have all expressed levels of concern over this about-face in regard to ISP privacy. Now security professionals are chiming in with their opinions on how this decision will affect cybersecurity for consumers, for businesses, and for global relationships. Here’s what they had to say.