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> That's the API that's supposed to allow advertisers to target netizens with adverts tailored to their individual interests without impinging on people's priva
by jraph 3y ago
> That's the API that's supposed to allow advertisers to target netizens with adverts tailored to their individual interests without impinging on people's privacy.
> And to help prevent those privacy problems, the ad giant is asking advertisers to promise they won't abuse this ad targeting mechanism.
Ah, what a relief. Asking gently this to advertisers with the Do-Not-Track HTTP header has worked well, after all!
- bogwog 3y agoThey're requiring advertisers to "attest" that they won't abuse the API. Clearly they're taking privacy concerns seriously /s https://github.com/patcg-individual-drafts/topics/issues/74#issuecomment-1603204126 https://github.com/patcg-individual-drafts/topics/issues/74#...
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoGoogle, of all companies, should know what happens to these things at scale. Everything that can be abused will be. If your feature will be abused, is it still worth it?
- wongarsu 3y agoGoogle might be mostly thinking about how they are absolved of liability and responsibility, after all they asked everyone to super-pinky-promise not to abuse it. Anyone abusing it so did so against Google's express wish and against their promise to Google, so Google really couldn't have done anything here. /s