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Someone makes some version of this comment on every article about Facegoog surveillance. I guess you're only allowed to complain about surveillance on your per
by ForHackernews 7y ago
Someone makes some version of this comment on every article about Facegoog surveillance.
I guess you're only allowed to complain about surveillance on your personal blog where no one will read it, because any modern media site uses invasive tracking. For some reason, HN posters pretend not to understand that the IT staff who install those trackers are different people from the writers who complain about it.
- d1zzy 7y agoThere may be valid reasons for installing the trackers, reasons that the writers are ignorant about. If suddenly you remove those 2 companies from the Internet, who's to say the tracking won't continue with other companies. Maybe get both the people installing the trackers and the people arguing against them in the same room and have them learn a bit from each other.
- hjek 7y ago> Someone makes some version of this comment on every article about Facegoog surveillance. Yup, that was in the back of my mind when I wrote that. I think it's great that they're complaining on the Amnesty blog. Let's be clear: The issue is not the complaining; it's the tracking. It's not that they shouldn't post this important post on their site; it's that they should consider not using Google Analytics. As I wrote before as well, being a hypocrite is a step up from not caring. It's good to see Amnesty taking a public stance on this. But I think you touch on an interesting general phenomena there: That someone, who professes a view, risks being attacked as a hypocrite, which could make it easier to stay silent instead.