• NaibofTabr
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    125 hours ago

    (D), in case anyone was in doubt. Also:

    The Car Privacy Rights Act is cosponsored by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

    • FuglyDuck
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      135 hours ago

      data brokerage is a multi-billion dollar industry with entire armies of lobyists from Google, Apple, Tesla (probably) and who knows who else.

      just in case you were wondering why it’s not already done.

    • @penquin@lemm.ee
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      198 hours ago

      I truly believe that this will happen, too, as there has been a lot of uproar about this bullshit of data collection all over the world. Corporations are going too far with this even corrupt politicians now think it’s too much.

  • @talOP
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    318 hours ago

    Note, just to be clear, that this is federal legislation, not Oregon state legislation.

    • @Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      I’ve never been as proud of my state representatives as I was when I lived in Oregon. Wyden and Merkley are American heroes, as far as I’m concerned

  • @penquin@lemm.ee
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    158 hours ago

    About freaking time, man. This one has always been on my mind. It can’t be like that. It’s messed up. Glad someone is making a move.

  • Erasmus
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    128 hours ago

    Betcha we will see insurance companies come out of the woodwork to lobby against this like crazy.

    • @Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      Not with that attitude. Seriously, we’ll need to be absolutely furious if we ever want something to be done about something we care about

      Does anyone remember anger?