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Honestly, I don't think path information is all that useful for marketers.

by eli 9y ago

epigramx 9y ago
We overthink it when most of the tracking on the internet is based on simply your IP and occasionally a fingerprint of the browser(including any identification done by said browser). Since IPv4's inception that's all that was required and it was an extremely robust way to be tracked if you ask me. If you want to not be tracked you require a random/different IP and a browser fingerprint that blends with the crowd.
- Feniks 9y ago
  Most people are on mobile nowadays so IP is becoming increasingly worthless.
  - sologoub 9y ago
    If only it was true... quite the opposite is the case at least in US: https://medium.com/@philipn/want-to-see-something-crazy-open-this-link-on-your-phone-with-wifi-turned-off-9e0adb00d024 https://medium.com/@philipn/want-to-see-something-crazy-open...
    - Feniks 9y ago
      Oh yeah the US is a lost case.
      - sologoub 9y ago
        Don’t give up so easily. Anything can be changed, provided enough people want to change it. Most undesirable practices only happen because they operate in the shadow of general ignorance and/or oblivion to their existence. As generations that understand this tech implicitly come to power, things will change. To someone that does everything digitally the meaning of these words will be quite different than the currently accepted interpretation: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
    - Brakenshire 9y ago
      Just incredible this is legal.
brianpan 9y ago
When my traffic spikes to 5 hits in a day, it's nice to know where all those people are coming from besides just medium.com. What page exactly?
maze-le 9y ago
That strongly depends on the routing design of the web application. I could easily design a bad url-path that dicloses information that should be kept private...

Honestly, I don't think path information is all that useful for marketers.

by eli 9y ago

Honestly, I don't think path information is all that useful for marketers.

We overthink it when most of the tracking on the internet is based on simply your IP and occasionally a fingerprint of the browser(including any identification done by said browser). Since IPv4's inception that's all that was required and it was an extremely robust way to be tracked if you ask me. If you want to not be tracked you require a random/different IP and a browser fingerprint that blends with the crowd.

Feniks 9y ago
Most people are on mobile nowadays so IP is becoming increasingly worthless.
- sologoub 9y ago
  If only it was true... quite the opposite is the case at least in US: https://medium.com/@philipn/want-to-see-something-crazy-open-this-link-on-your-phone-with-wifi-turned-off-9e0adb00d024 https://medium.com/@philipn/want-to-see-something-crazy-open...
  - Feniks 9y ago
    Oh yeah the US is a lost case.
    - sologoub 9y ago
      Don’t give up so easily. Anything can be changed, provided enough people want to change it. Most undesirable practices only happen because they operate in the shadow of general ignorance and/or oblivion to their existence. As generations that understand this tech implicitly come to power, things will change. To someone that does everything digitally the meaning of these words will be quite different than the currently accepted interpretation: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
  - Brakenshire 9y ago
    Just incredible this is legal.

brianpan 9y ago

When my traffic spikes to 5 hits in a day, it's nice to know where all those people are coming from besides just medium.com. What page exactly?

maze-le 9y ago

That strongly depends on the routing design of the web application. I could easily design a bad url-path that dicloses information that should be kept private...