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> Where do you think banks got the idea? They just copied an existing shady business model. Tracking user input methods is not a shady business model. I was
by jasonlotito 8y ago
> Where do you think banks got the idea? They just copied an existing shady business model.
Tracking user input methods is not a shady business model. I was doing this for web forms back in 2003/4 to fight fraud, improve the user experience, and find problems.
> If my boss got a contract with a bank that said I had to track users against their will
But they aren't being tracked against their will, so you would have done this.
- CaptSpify 8y agoJust because you have done it before doesn't mean it isn't a shady business model. Are they being notified that they are tracked? Just because you don't have a problem with this practice doesn't mean it is without problems.
- jasonlotito 8y ago> Just because you have done it before doesn't mean it isn't a shady business model. It's not a business model. It's a security mechanism. Willing to bet that you track people. > Just because you don't have a problem with this practice doesn't mean it is without problems. Didn't say it was without problems. I just don't see any issue with using data people provide freely.