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I actually like them. It's eye opening when a a website wants to share your data with their 283 partners.

mk89 3y ago
283? You're talking about a personal blog, right? I have seen 500+. Which is like wtf is going on. I can't even name 500+ companies or websites, who the hell are these companies?
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  My personal best: 1609. We care about your privacy! https://www.neverbeclever.org/blog/we-care-about-your-privacy/ https://www.neverbeclever.org/blog/we-care-about-your-privac...
  - Phemist 3y ago
    Obviously they do care, in the sense that they want to dissolve any remaining semblance of it.
    - Phemist 3y ago
      And while searching to confirm the meaning of the word `semblance`, I found that the Cambridge Dictionary needs to up their game at only 775 partners. https://imgur.com/a/arX6Z6S https://imgur.com/a/arX6Z6S
- dspillett 3y ago
  I hit back instantly when I see the Admiral logo. That network IIRC claims >1,500 partners. And last time I bothered looking even though there is a few “no to all” checkboxes you still needed to individually object to “legitimate interest”¹ for most of the companies. -- [1] which I read as “we see you and your privacy preferences, but fuck you and your preferences we want to stalk you anyway”
  - Sander_Marechal 3y ago
    TrustARC is also a really shitty one that tries to make you wait if you dare to opt out (and then sometimes even errors out halfway because "not all partners support SSL")
    - dspillett 3y ago
      > "not all partners support SSL" Meaning “we've vetted our partners and found their security practises to be seriously wanting, but haven't kicked them to the curb because a very small amount of money is far more important to us than our claims to care about your security and/or privacy”.
  - Sharlin 3y ago
    This "legitimate interest" crap should be hit hard, with a few big examples made to warn others. The cases where you can claim legitimate interest are essentially "when the user agrees with you that it's legitimate", not "we have a legitimate interest in profiting off your data".
throw10920 3y ago
I'd much rather have a properly-enforced GDPR (see the modified version of the US's CAN-SPAM act, and in particular the near-universal presence of one-click and two-click "unsubscribe" links on commercial email) that actually gives me a one-click opt-out.

mk89 3y ago

283? You're talking about a personal blog, right? I have seen 500+. Which is like wtf is going on. I can't even name 500+ companies or websites, who the hell are these companies?

isoprophlex 3y ago
My personal best: 1609. We care about your privacy! https://www.neverbeclever.org/blog/we-care-about-your-privacy/ https://www.neverbeclever.org/blog/we-care-about-your-privac...
- Phemist 3y ago
  Obviously they do care, in the sense that they want to dissolve any remaining semblance of it.
  - Phemist 3y ago
    And while searching to confirm the meaning of the word `semblance`, I found that the Cambridge Dictionary needs to up their game at only 775 partners. https://imgur.com/a/arX6Z6S https://imgur.com/a/arX6Z6S
dspillett 3y ago
I hit back instantly when I see the Admiral logo. That network IIRC claims >1,500 partners. And last time I bothered looking even though there is a few “no to all” checkboxes you still needed to individually object to “legitimate interest”¹ for most of the companies. -- [1] which I read as “we see you and your privacy preferences, but fuck you and your preferences we want to stalk you anyway”
- Sander_Marechal 3y ago
  TrustARC is also a really shitty one that tries to make you wait if you dare to opt out (and then sometimes even errors out halfway because "not all partners support SSL")
  - dspillett 3y ago
    > "not all partners support SSL" Meaning “we've vetted our partners and found their security practises to be seriously wanting, but haven't kicked them to the curb because a very small amount of money is far more important to us than our claims to care about your security and/or privacy”.
- Sharlin 3y ago
  This "legitimate interest" crap should be hit hard, with a few big examples made to warn others. The cases where you can claim legitimate interest are essentially "when the user agrees with you that it's legitimate", not "we have a legitimate interest in profiting off your data".

throw10920 3y ago

I'd much rather have a properly-enforced GDPR (see the modified version of the US's CAN-SPAM act, and in particular the near-universal presence of one-click and two-click "unsubscribe" links on commercial email) that actually gives me a one-click opt-out.