We are deeply embedded in an era of surveillance-capitalism. Technology has made it trivial to passively gather information about people and inexpensive to stor

We are deeply embedded in an era of surveillance-capitalism. Technology has made it trivial to passively gather information about people and inexpensive to store data indefinitely, so companies gather, stockpile, and re-sell everything they can. Crucially, the future applications of this data are not limited by our current imagination. I find the dismissive attitude of this article extremely disappointing. Bad actors are getting away with overreach because they are given the benefit of the doubt. Stop enabling them. Re-evaluate every aspect of your interaction with third-party services and truly consider what they could be doing, from the least-generous perspective available. Consider how many "best practices" and tools for web development (including browsers themselves) are ultimately designed and popularized by companies with an open interest in spying on users. Technologies like CDNs, AMP, embeddable analytics packages, generic authentication providers, and social sharing buttons all provide some utility or convenience, and may be acceptable or appropriate in some contexts, but it is absurd to consider them harmless. If you have a website, the buck stops with you. Countless websites- including Stratechery- are literally selling the privacy of their users for kilobytes of hosting costs or mild conveniences. Step up your game, and don't pretend you can't treat your audience with more respect.