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Selling ads is not axe-murderering. But yeah they're gonna sell ads. It's what they do. I'm just hard pressed to explain how serving ads by fitness condition is
by greesil 6y ago
Selling ads is not axe-murderering. But yeah they're gonna sell ads. It's what they do. I'm just hard pressed to explain how serving ads by fitness condition is going to harm the consumer, or why you can't just write a law that says to not do that.
I'm serious though, what's the most nefarious thing you could do with that? My imagination is unimaginative.
- momokoko 6y agoWe’ve seen Facebook employment ads already used to specifically target younger people. It’s more about excluding people from advertising as opposed to including. If you think of it from that angle it won’t take too much imagination to see the issues that may arise.
- greesil 6y agoOr deny housing to minorities, or radicalize people prone to extremism, etc. Yeah that's one of the downsides of hyper targeted advertising. Should the acquisition be blocked because it allows better targeting?
- peteradio 6y agoI don't think anyone cares that they are shown ads, thats a pretty disingenuous interpretation, I guess blame it on your imagination. Imagine the advanced fingerprinting currently done, coupled to your intimate vulnerabilities. Woops we didn't mean for that data to escape! Our bad!
- greesil 6y agoDiscriminating when showing ads is literally what the document linked to in this HN post is complaining about.
- jraby3 6y agoIs that all they’ll do? Or will they eventually sell your data to health and life insurance companies?