Read the text, and find it rather troublesome that the author is constrained to thinking of advertising and invasions of privacy as such a new phenomenon. Yes,

Read the text, and find it rather troublesome that the author is constrained to thinking of advertising and invasions of privacy as such a new phenomenon. Yes, I get that it has advanced significantly. New players, etc. However, I did a CTRL+F of both the article and these comments and don't see one mention of Acxiom. The social pressure comparison to tobacco might be workable, but until there's significant "sin taxes" put on web ads, I don't think there's quite the same motivation for change.