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Selling users' browsing history is like selling the golden goose. It's more rational for corporations to sell ads that are targeted based on the browsing histor
by cbhl 10y ago
Selling users' browsing history is like selling the golden goose. It's more rational for corporations to sell ads that are targeted based on the browsing history (akin to selling eggs from the goose, one at a time).
IIRC, AT&T basically has said they MITM all their fiber optic customers to insert ads and track browsing history.
- state 10y agoWould love a citation there, if you can find it.
- wmf 10y agohttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/att-to-end-targeted-ads-program-give-all-users-lowest-available-price/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/att-t...
- kirykl 10y agoCan confirm. Have AT&T Fiber and when I signed up they offered me the choice to pay extra to have my traffic excluded from monitoring
- jerkstate 10y agoIf this is already happening, what does this new bill that everyone is up in arms about actually doing that couldn't already be done?