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They may have a sense of their responsibilities but I know a lot of Googlers and they’re also extremely cavalier about collecting data and extremely certain in
by jolux 6y ago
They may have a sense of their responsibilities but I know a lot of Googlers and they’re also extremely cavalier about collecting data and extremely certain in their ability to handle it properly. They don’t understand why I don’t like targeted ads and always respond when I complain with, “but don’t you want the ads you see to be relevant to your interests?”
- henearkr 6y agoYeah I understand that they are doing only a categorization of the ads they are showing, without the marketers being the ones to choose their targets, and so from the Google point of view there should not be any data leakage problem... I see that in theory you could game this system to play on the type of ads URL you send to each category, and thus try to indirectly get information about the IPs that visit your site, but I'm not sure how it is a viable strategy, how much mitigation is already in place by Google against that (surely they have thought about it), and how many marketers are ready to go theses lengths or even if any has already done it (Cambridge Analytica did it on FB, but arguably that was an easier system to game).
- CydeWeys 6y agoMy experience has been that people don't want ads but also usually aren't willing to pay to not have them. I just immediately write off anyone who complains about ads on YouTube, for instance.
- jolux 6y agoI hate ads pretty universally but am totally willing to pay to get rid of them.