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> The worst thing that people can point to that this kind of advertising has caused is fake news on Facebook The worst thing about targeted ads is that we're b
by majewsky 8y ago
> The worst thing that people can point to that this kind of advertising has caused is fake news on Facebook
The worst thing about targeted ads is that we're building an insane surveillance infrastructure that the government is already eager to tap into, and will be even more eager if one of our governments devolves into dictatorship.
I'm from East Germany; and while I'm too young to have experienced it myself, the Stasi is still fresh in our minds. What we build today in the name of improved advertisement would have brought tears to Mielke's eyes.
- hluska 8y agoWow, that's a poignant last paragraph. Good writing! :)
- beerlord 8y agoIf you're German, you now have a significant minority of your population (invited into your country directly or indirectly by your own politicians) who have set out to defraud, rob, kill, rape or terrorise you. Don't you think some kind of monitoring apparatus is appropriate for that?
- ddnb 8y agoAre you talking about the refugees? I was wondering if you have any numbers or sources about them setting out to rob, kill and rape. Here in Belgium you hear about them looking for jobs and learning the language and stuff, never actually met a refugee IRL however. It could be entirely possible that they start robbing and raping after they get home from work ofcourse...
- scarejunba 8y agoIf you're German, then the Snowden documents show that your government is participating in domestic surveillance that it cooperates with Five Eyes on. This is a few orders of magnitude more invasive than what advertisers do. The Stasi are fresh in no one's minds or you would eliminate this surveillance.
- tobias3 8y agoWe don't even need to look at the Snowden documents anymore. The largest Internet exchange (DE-CIX) recently lost a court case which tries to get rid of the BND wire tapping.