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Well, if you actually read Slate's "privacy policy", it's pretty horrific too. It lists vast amounts of data they collect, both personal and (what they consider
by jfk13 8y ago
Well, if you actually read Slate's "privacy policy", it's pretty horrific too. It lists vast amounts of data they collect, both personal and (what they consider to be) non-personal (which can include your geolocation and browser fingerprint, apparently), and lots of ways they use it and share it; but it's not at all clear how I'd be able to opt out of having them track me, share my history with all their favourite partners, etc.
There's no way simply reading an article creates a "legitimate need" for all that.
- mirimir 8y agoYeah, I should have expected that :( > ... but it's not at all clear how I'd be able to opt out of having them track me, share my history with all their favourite partners, etc. Actually, Slate seems quite accessible via Tor. So that's an option. But I don't use HN via Tor, so switching to a Whonix VM just to read stuff, with no shared clipboard, would be painful. And as well, I don't like creating correlations, so I wouldn't want to use a Whonix VM that I used for actual work. > There's no way simply reading an article creates a "legitimate need" for all that. I totally agree.