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It occurred to me that if you want to see fewer ads and be generally left alone by marketers, get your IP and online data footprint associated with pariah topic
by motohagiography 6y ago
It occurred to me that if you want to see fewer ads and be generally left alone by marketers, get your IP and online data footprint associated with pariah topics like fringe news sites, weird subcultures, edgy politics, drug use, and privacy.
Basically like being a hacker in the 1980s and 90s, or even part of early rave culture, where the sort of people who work in marketing would be afraid or uncomfortable with being associated with you before the culture is gentrified by people preoccupied by their reputations, and you can be free to create and innovate without being co-opted.
No doubt they still have a category for you, but it's marked as a minefield, which is as good a moat as any.
- coffeemaniac 6y agoThis is a dangerous game. Be aware that just because it might not seem like anyone is using these data against you right now, doesn't mean they won't in the future.
- dade_ 6y agoUntil you travel to the US. I am sure the DHS uses this data as well.
- sroussey 6y agoWhy limit to US. I’m sure they just buy the data and skip warrants.
- ratww 6y agoAnother option is to make the choice to not support companies affiliated with the ad-tech industry and just use an ad-blocker. They will even block most black-pattern ridden GDPR popups.
- nicbou 6y agoWhere you see fringe, weird or edgy, someone might see a target demographic for something.
- ttsda 6y agoDo you guys see any ads online? I have ublock origin on my laptop and mobile browsers, modded youtube and instagram with no ads on android. I pretty much never see any ad. I also add the Annoyances lists to uBlock and I have the "I don't care about cookies" extension to ignore cookie popups.
- chinathrow 6y agoI can second this: Install Firefox on iPhone/Android, add uBlock origin. The web is reasonably fast and privacy friendly.
- Hasz 6y agoI haven't seen an ad in so long that it's jarring to use someone else's phone or laptop; the best thing I can compare it to is clean vs dirty glasses. I highly recommend AdAway if you use Android.
- mjangle1985 6y agouBlock and Pi-hole. Name a more iconic duo.
- mleonhard 6y agoWouldn't it be easier to use a VPN on your router?