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It's not the same at all. You are certainly allowed to give someone permission to 'stalk' you in exchange for money, a service, etc. Stalking is only illegal be

It's not the same at all. You are certainly allowed to give someone permission to 'stalk' you in exchange for money, a service, etc. Stalking is only illegal because that person "doesn't" have your permission. Lots of normal & legal activities are only illegal outside of a contract. There is also a ton of precedent for 'passive' tracking. Security cameras, dash cams, etc. all record stuff that is in plain view. The issue is that browsers send identifiable fingerprints on purpose to websites you visit. Facebook isn't collecting anything you aren't legally sending it. The issue is >90% of the internet uses this business model so there is no incentive or point to make a mechanism that actually just blocks websites that have this business model since it would be unusable for 99% of people.

oarabbus_ 5y ago
>Stalking is only illegal because that person "doesn't" have your permission. Is this actually true? Are Private Investigators breaking the law and doing their job hoping they won't get caught and charged with a crime?
pvaldes 5y ago
> Stalking is only illegal because that person "doesn't" have your permission Do all people scanned by Facebook have a Facebook or Instagram or whatever account?.
scaryclam 5y ago
The difference is, I didn't give them permission to stalk me, and yet they still are. I am not in plain view, I have adblockers, and do-not-track, I reject cookies from facebook and have never given them my phone number. Yet they know my phone number as someone I know allowed their app to look at their contacts, they keep shadow profiles and they create new domains so they can get around adblockers and cookie rules. They even change their privacy settings just to make it harder to keep up with protecting yourself if you are a customer. Many countries have laws against companies harvesting phone numbers just because someone called them, your browser information isn't really different to that. >90% of the internet DON'T use that business model. It's actually quite a small proportion. They're just all over the place as they make profit from creeping into other businesses and using them as a collection platform. Ad networks need to be reigned in (and yes, that's what FB is).

oarabbus_ 5y ago

>Stalking is only illegal because that person "doesn't" have your permission. Is this actually true? Are Private Investigators breaking the law and doing their job hoping they won't get caught and charged with a crime?

pvaldes 5y ago

> Stalking is only illegal because that person "doesn't" have your permission Do all people scanned by Facebook have a Facebook or Instagram or whatever account?.

scaryclam 5y ago

The difference is, I didn't give them permission to stalk me, and yet they still are. I am not in plain view, I have adblockers, and do-not-track, I reject cookies from facebook and have never given them my phone number. Yet they know my phone number as someone I know allowed their app to look at their contacts, they keep shadow profiles and they create new domains so they can get around adblockers and cookie rules. They even change their privacy settings just to make it harder to keep up with protecting yourself if you are a customer. Many countries have laws against companies harvesting phone numbers just because someone called them, your browser information isn't really different to that. >90% of the internet DON'T use that business model. It's actually quite a small proportion. They're just all over the place as they make profit from creeping into other businesses and using them as a collection platform. Ad networks need to be reigned in (and yes, that's what FB is).