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Honest question, why do people care if they are being tracked? The amount I care is quite far off from the amount everyone else seems to care, could someone edu
by TomGullen 14y ago
Honest question, why do people care if they are being tracked? The amount I care is quite far off from the amount everyone else seems to care, could someone educate me on why I need to care more?
- BitMastro 14y agoThe same for me. Why should I care if I'm tracked? And if I don't want to be tracked I'll use private browsing (it's not just for porn, you know?). If I want even more privacy I'll use a clean vm, or if I'm going paranoid I could use an anonymous proxy or similar.
- JoeAltmaier 14y agoConsider bubbling, e.g. Google returns search results consistent with your previous clickthroughs. You end up seeing only results you agree with; it insulates your searching experience from disturbing foreign ideas like evolution or liberalism. Tracking can be done by servers, using a workstation signature (ip/port, installed software versions etc, been discussed in other posts), it doesn't require your client station's consent (cookies).
- BitMastro 14y agoYet, when I look for "python", I'm not interested in snakes. When I look for "eclipse", it's almost sure that I'm not looking for astrological phenomena or (spare me!) books. It's incredibly useful to write "cinema" without having to specify which city I'm obviously in. The point is: I want to be bubbled. In almost every situation, apart from reading opinions, it is the right thing to do for me. In my humble opinion, the bubbling effect is overrated and (should be) avoidable with private browsing. Am I wrong?
- TomGullen 14y agoA fair point, but the sentiment I get from the most vocal people is that it's to do with their privacy.