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Twitter is also a national security threat for similar reasons. It's tempting to say that advertising supported internet services in general, devolve into them.
by mikewarot 4y ago
Twitter is also a national security threat for similar reasons. It's tempting to say that advertising supported internet services in general, devolve into them.
The tracking technology used to help target advertising is a perfect tool for use by repressive regimes and organizations of any size or scale.
Offline caching and sharing of content in a distributed fashion, where it isn't possible to get real-time location data, for example, is one possible route around this problem. Perhaps it's time to revisit the Memex concept, and make computers personal again.
- kipchak 4y agoI think this is it, the benefits of collecting from and sending to a person is valuable to advertisers as well as governments for similar reasons and applications, namely engineering consent. The trouble I see is that because of it's utility it seems unlikely to go away. But also, what is the difference between being made to believe something via for example via a persuasive essay and a TikTok video, if the intent and result of both is the same?