> creepy Creepy is the right word. It might even be too soft; some of my non-technical friends would probably prefer "target that needs to be razed[1]". > The

> creepy Creepy is the right word. It might even be too soft; some of my non-technical friends would probably prefer "target that needs to be razed[1]". > The idea ... is interesting. The Teller-Ulam design[2] is "interesting". That doesn't justify using it. > Ads Ads are the least interesting use for behavioral data[3]. Why are you ignoring all of the other uses (including malicious uses)? > make these annoying ads more accurate, The idea that target advertising's purpose is to make ads less annoying or more accurate is a scam. Advertising isn't concerned with your interests, it's there to get you to buy something. Ads of often more annoying on purpose, in an effort to get you to notice it. Targeting can make your ads less "accurate" (from your perspective) because you don't need to be pushed toward buying things in which you are already interested. Instead, targeting lets people that want to change your mind about needing a product show their ad only to people like you. > the survelliance will reduce shop lifting and provide more details to authorities by pinpointing suspects This is exactly the type of additional use-case I was talking about. Now what about when (not if) malicious actors get their hands on that data? Or it gets sold to your insurance company?[3] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18775456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18775456 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon#Basic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon#Basic_pri... [3] http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/shoshana-zuboff-q-and-a-the-age-of-surveillance-capital.html http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/shoshana-zuboff-q-and...