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The majority of people want to not pay, and also not see ads, so what they want isn't useful. Has anyone ever been harmed by being tracked? I'd rather see one

by mavhc 5y ago

The majority of people want to not pay, and also not see ads, so what they want isn't useful. Has anyone ever been harmed by being tracked? I'd rather see one ad that's relevant to me and will earn the website 1 standard currency unit, than 100 ads I'll never click and will earn 0.01 SCUs

MauranKilom 5y ago
Chances are that the site you are on has some topic that could be the subject of relevant ads. That's how advertising has worked before it became a game of stalking every user to the maximum extent possible.
viraptor 5y ago
Yes. Cases of privacy breach: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ... And I'd argue that any time anyone bought something they weren't interested in before seeing an ad for it, they were harmed.
- mavhc 5y ago
  1 case 9 years ago is it? You're assuming that a) buying things is bad, and b) you're interested in everything that's good for you and already know every product that exists.
  - viraptor 5y ago
    It's obviously an example. You asked if anyone's ever been harmed - yes they have.
orwin 5y ago
Yes, during chemo my mother bought on several reiki or hsimilar crooked pseudoscientific stuff to help her cope. I'm not against seeing your occasionnal pastor/homeopath or other not-doctor that will at least take time to listen to you and rescribe placebo ater you unloaded on them (i think a shrink is more usefull and cheaper, but really i'm not in a crusade or anything, and i'm okay with sect/religion/"natural remedies" as long as it is not lithotherapy and you still get your chemo). However pseudoscience stuff with no human component and just money is just taking advantage of fragile, suffering people. Aiming at them is as amoral as it get. Tracking is shit because the ad industry is shit.

by mavhc 5y ago

MauranKilom 5y ago

Chances are that the site you are on has some topic that could be the subject of relevant ads. That's how advertising has worked before it became a game of stalking every user to the maximum extent possible.

viraptor 5y ago

Yes. Cases of privacy breach: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ... And I'd argue that any time anyone bought something they weren't interested in before seeing an ad for it, they were harmed.

mavhc 5y ago
1 case 9 years ago is it? You're assuming that a) buying things is bad, and b) you're interested in everything that's good for you and already know every product that exists.
- viraptor 5y ago
  It's obviously an example. You asked if anyone's ever been harmed - yes they have.

orwin 5y ago

Yes, during chemo my mother bought on several reiki or hsimilar crooked pseudoscientific stuff to help her cope. I'm not against seeing your occasionnal pastor/homeopath or other not-doctor that will at least take time to listen to you and rescribe placebo ater you unloaded on them (i think a shrink is more usefull and cheaper, but really i'm not in a crusade or anything, and i'm okay with sect/religion/"natural remedies" as long as it is not lithotherapy and you still get your chemo). However pseudoscience stuff with no human component and just money is just taking advantage of fragile, suffering people. Aiming at them is as amoral as it get. Tracking is shit because the ad industry is shit.