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Adtech will not collapse because it is too useful as a surveillance tool. State actors will subsidize the ad industry as much as needed to ensure that the user
by speed_spread 3y ago
Adtech will not collapse because it is too useful as a surveillance tool. State actors will subsidize the ad industry as much as needed to ensure that the user activity data stays collected by the private sector in countries outside their realm of network control.
- imchillyb 3y agoIn countries /inside/ their realm of network control as well. Governments purchasing 3rd party collected data isn't illegal whereas the government obtaining the collected data themselves would be illegal.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoHow does PRISM factor into this ? (You know, due to which the GAFAMs are effectively, though still theoretically banned in the EU since 2015, because it makes the US a rogue state ?)