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I seem to be the only HN user who really does not care at all if I am tracked. Judging from the horrible quality of ads I get, they're infinitely far away from
by MockObject 5y ago
I seem to be the only HN user who really does not care at all if I am tracked. Judging from the horrible quality of ads I get, they're infinitely far away from reaching an accurate model of my behavior.
- bradlys 5y agoJust because you get bad ads doesn’t mean you’re not getting tracked well. In fact, it might mean you’re tracked really well and the only ads you’re getting served are those that are by one bidder. Everyone else decided you weren’t worth advertising to - so you get generic mass appeal ads that are very low cost to the company. No different than getting spam snail mail that gets delivered to every house. Sure - you toss it in the recycling every week but someone will read it eventually and it’s basically nothing for the company to send out.
- pelorat 5y agoNo, I'm European and use a pixel phone with all data sharing enabled. I also enabled facial recognition in Google photos last time I was in the USA. I also share all my exercise data with Google, including heart rate via Google fit. I block most ads, except for Google ads and analytics. I always click on "accept all" when I get cookie and GDPR forms. My Google Drive is full of documents like scans of my passport, ESTA requests and some financial documents. I also have zero of the Google account privacy options enabled. I'm also a local guide on Google Maps with a real photo, and my real name on the profile.
- llampx 5y agoIts cute that people still think that all of the data that Google and Metabook are amassing is used to sell them toothpaste.