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I mostly agree, but it seems wrong to me that the side serving up content even has the ability to tell how you choose to display it. It's like a magazine with e
by idle_zealot 3y ago
I mostly agree, but it seems wrong to me that the side serving up content even has the ability to tell how you choose to display it. It's like a magazine with embedded cameras that self-immolates if it sees you take out scissors to cut it up for scrapbooking. Feels like a gross violation already.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoWell presumably you paid for the magazine, since it has a significantly higher production cost.
- 627467 3y agoBut that's not what's happening: what's happening is the server is asking for the properties of the client and making a decision to serve based on response. Similar to presenting credentials to be served. Surely the server is allow to set whatever conditions they are able to express technologically. You can't force a server to serve, or can you?
- andrepd 3y agoObviously the criterion cannot be "is is technologically expressible". With modern tracking/spying you can know with plenty of confidence someone's personal characteristics such as ethnicity.
- belorn 3y agoThey can ask for the properties of the client, and the user can then make a informed decision to consent to that collection of personal information. In EU it is similar to asking for identification credentials. Naturally this may make the process a bit cumbersome and websites that does not behave like this will gain a bit competitive advantage.
- slowmovintarget 3y agoThe server should not be able to ask beyond the protocols of the request. The client says this is what I need, the server responds in that form if it can. The server is not supposed to send a script inspecting the client for more details. If the server can run a script to analyze what plugins you're running, what else can it take? Exfiltration of arbitrary data is not something that is OK. You can't force a server to serve, nor should you force a client to give more information than is necessary to serve the request. Anything else is no longer technology, it's adversarial and now we're in a Prisoner's Dilemma.
- tshaddox 3y agoWhat do you think about advertisements played by broadcast radio stations? How about billboards?
- xahrepap 3y agoI turn off broadcasts so I don’t have to listen. And if I record them I fast forward them. I hate billboards. I feel like they’re too intrusive and wouldn’t mind seeing a ban. Especially the ones that are back lit. Can’t believe advertisers are given the right to attempt to distract drivers the most.
- correnos 3y agoAgreed. Vermont, Maine, Alaska and Hawaii all ban billboards, and they're all nicer to drive in as a result.
- wcarss 3y agoImagine if your radio wouldn't let you turn the volume back up for the next song set if you happened to turn the volume down during an ad break.
- rgoulter 3y agohttps://idlewords.com/talks/what_happens_next_will_amaze_you.htm https://idlewords.com/talks/what_happens_next_will_amaze_you... Broadcast static-media advertisements generally aren't engaged in a cat-and-mouse game where they increase surveillance to combat fraud.