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I can’t say exactly why, but one typical reason is to track roi of their ads on the different networks that you cited. So, in practice (well, assuming my theory
by ecesena 9y ago
I can’t say exactly why, but one typical reason is to track roi of their ads on the different networks that you cited. So, in practice (well, assuming my theory is correct), they’re giving your “presence” data to so many companies just to know if you originally came from one of their ads. And it’s not just Slack. I hope gdpr, if anything, will start cleaning some of this madness.
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- chatmasta 9y ago> I hope gdpr, if anything, will start cleaning some of this madness. It won't. It will just send the trackers underground, obfuscated by technical loopholes and legalese, i.e. tracking data will be collected on the client, bundled at the first-party server, and then then sprayed from the backend to third party analytics companies without any trail visible to the user.
- sp527 9y agoIsn’t that illegal under GDPR? It’s also easy to catch by targeting the major ad companies with an ‘undercover sting’ company. They’d get away with it for all of one day probably.