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It is here: > This model has some major drawbacks from a privacy perspective. Typically, the vendor doesn't just get that you are interested in cars, they get
by tantalor 6y ago
It is here:
> This model has some major drawbacks from a privacy perspective. Typically, the vendor doesn't just get that you are interested in cars, they get the full URL of the page you are on. This lets them build up a pretty thorough picture of all the pages you have visited around the web. Then they can link their database with other vendors databases, and get even more coverage.
- burkaman 6y agoYes, I read that part. The article still ends with the claim that this drawback is not actually harmful.
- jefftk 6y agoIn between that claim and the end of the article I describe how I'm working on https://github.com/WICG/turtledove https://github.com/WICG/turtledove etc to build well-targeted advertising without sending your browsing history to advertisers
- burkaman 6y agoI understand, and I'm glad you're thinking about it, but you could not have been more clear: "I don't think my work in advertising is something harmful to offset." Did you misspeak? Do you think it is harmful but turtledove might reduce the harm?
- jefftk 6y agoMy work on advertising is on Turtledove
- burkaman 6y agoOh, that was not clear from the essay, and honestly might change my opinion a little. Is your position "targeted ads cause harmful privacy violations, but my work is exclusively devoted to reducing the privacy impact, so I don't believe my work is harmful"? If so I would encourage you to edit the essay, because that's not at all how it comes across right now, at least to readers who aren't familiar with your work. I had assumed turtledove was one of many projects you're involved with.