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Tracking cookies, pixels, etc., are implemented by server-side software; perhaps the matter you would like to contend is what the meaning of the word "placed" i
by sk5t 8y ago
Tracking cookies, pixels, etc., are implemented by server-side software; perhaps the matter you would like to contend is what the meaning of the word "placed" is.
- shkkmo 8y agoCookies are data that is placed on the visitor's computer. Tracking pixels are software instructions placed on the visitor's computer. The tracking that is akin "remembering a face" is user agent and ip address tracking. In my mind, a store that uses facial recognition software to track my movement within the store and purchasing habbits is still incredibly creepy and highly invasive of my privacy.
- bjt2n3904 8y agoThe government has automated license plate readers that do much the same thing. Their justification is, you're in a public place, you have no expectation of privacy. I'm a little more concerned about that. If I don't want to be tracked, I can choose to shop at a different store. But I can't live in a system of underground tunnels.
- wsy 8y agoIn Germany, your privacy is protected in public places as well. A German court just recently ordered a German state to turn off an automated license plate reader: http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/b6-streckenradar-verwaltungsgericht-hannover-untersagt-sektorkontrolle-a-1238579.html http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/b6-streckenradar-verwaltu... (only available in German)