Comments on: F.T.C. plans new privacy protection regulation, "for the children"

By: King_Rocket

King_Rocket — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:04:00 +0000

Why on earth are the paper editions cheaper than the kindle one, Ebooks how do they work?

By: Jeremiah Blatz

Jeremiah Blatz — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:11:00 +0000

Oh, no! “Anyone with an Internet connection could check out hundreds of photos of young children, a few of whom were pictured in pajamas in their bedrooms, advocates said.” First off, the horror! Secondly, nobody tell these advocates about https://www.google.com/search?q=kids+pajama+party&tbm=isch&tbo=u

By: anrs

anrs — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:32:00 +0000

I know this is boring, but the best answer to the ‘what about the children?’ brigade is that it’s up to parents to decide what content their kids should be able to access, and parents are best served by using filters they install on their computer, not ones imposed by their ISP. When net freedom advocates say stuff like ‘five-year-olds should be allowed to download all the scat porn they like’, or ‘parents should teach their kids about using the Internet safely by watching everything they do on the computer every minute of every day, because that is totally possible’, they basically just end up sounding like dickheads.

By: artbyjcm

artbyjcm — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:08:00 +0000

I could only see a perk in that if you’re not wanting to be tracked convince the internet you’re a child and nothing will track you. lol

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:29:00 +0000

Everybody’s searching for a hero

People need someone to look up to

I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs

A lonely place to be

So I learned to depend on FTC

By: Steve Tanner

Steve Tanner — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:13:00 +0000

For clarification, COPPA is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (still in use), while COPA is the Child Online Protection Act (never took effect). Two different laws.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:09:00 +0000

I thought privacy was totally a thing of the past. Weren’t they working a law to require webcams in every bathroom?

By: technobach

technobach — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:26:00 +0000

You can’t collect info on me! I was totally born in 2011.

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Here I thought FTC stood for something totally different but all along they’ve been For The Children.

I guess that answers the age old question of “Who will think of the children?!” Won’t someone thing of the children? No need, it’s covered. Natch.

By: Matt Popke

Matt Popke — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Because parents make such great decisions about these things in their own facebook-filled lives, generally speaking.

By: RedShirt77

RedShirt77 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:58:00 +0000

I want websites to talk to my mom before data-basing my every move.

By: Tom Rombouts

Tom Rombouts — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:45:00 +0000

So just to make sure I understand, in the United States children will get some online privacy protection, but adults will not.