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> ..CA just happened to do it better this time. Even without them, sophisticated targeting can still be developed regardless... I think the thing to take away
by confounded 9y ago
> ..CA just happened to do it better this time. Even without them, sophisticated targeting can still be developed regardless...
I think the thing to take away from all this is that people don’t like it.
Our societies have democratic principles; governments can (and have a duty to) prevent sophisticated targeting from non-consensual data collection and if it’s not what people want.
You can make an argument that it is what people really want because they’re too desperate, ignorant or subjugated to consider anything else, so the serfs must be farmed.
Let’s find out!
- ChicagoBoy11 9y agoNot so sure. Remember when the Newsfeed came out? The NYT similarly thought people really did not like it. Facebook certainly didn't get rid of it and we certainly stopped caring. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/fashion/10FACE.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/fashion/10FACE.html