07.02.2017 - 10:29 [ Techdirt ]

Comcast, Verizon, T-Mobile & AT&T Issue Breathless Love Letter To Privacy With One Hand, Lobby To Kill All Privacy Protections With The Other

This week, a coalition of broadband providers including Comcast, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon issued a breathless letter professing their absolute dedication to consumer privacy, apparently hoping that consumers haven‘t noticed they‘re simultaneously trying to kill the first meaningful broadband-specific privacy protections users have enjoyed in the history of the technology. As you might expect, the least-liked industry in America spends a notable part of the missive patting itself on the back for its selfless dedication to user privacy: