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> You haven't begun to establish people want it "solved". I think we'll all agree that "people" in general (NB: not us) don't even understand the problem, so i
by blahedo 16y ago
> You haven't begun to establish people want it "solved".
I think we'll all agree that "people" in general (NB: not us) don't even understand the problem, so it's a little premature to claim a problem based on not wanting it solved. At this point I see it largely as an education campaign.
- true_religion 16y agoWhile I agree that people don't understand the technical aspects of ensuring privacy on the web, they do understand the broad nature of the issue (i.e. my information is being shared, sold, or otherwise used for profiling and profit). Maybe some other HN members would like to chime in here, but was anyone working during the late 90s/early 2000s and remember the "cookie scare" that went around? Some departments made it their policy to turn off cookies in the browser by default, other users refused to even go through a shopping cart (requesting instead to phone in orders) because they heard cookies steal their information. That scare is probably why Google is being very proactive here because if users glean the incorrect information, it can be very difficult to convince them otherwise.