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Or they might write something, change their mind and enter something else Facebook explicitly does that (log every field input even if never "submitted") and u
by seiji 11y ago
Or they might write something, change their mind and enter something else
Facebook explicitly does that (log every field input even if never "submitted") and uses unsubmitted thoughts to build more detailed models of you.
The "trace-per-character" behavior terrified me when Google Suggest first launched. It's a neat tech example, but there's no way people can understand "everything I type, live, as I type, will be recorded forever." Then they made it default Chrome bar and default google search behavior. Average users (heck, even technical users) have little idea how much data internet services capture about them though non-explicit interactions.
- vidarh 11y agoAt least with live suggestions, people explicitly see that their keypresses are acted on, whether or not all of them understand that this means it is transmitted somewhere. With a form with a submit button and no feedback indicating what's going on, it's a lot more insidious.
- angusm 11y agoOh, this is so ripe for being gamed. How long before some enterprising person implements a simple Javascript bookmarklet that populates the field with random words and phrases, then erases it all before you type your actual comment?