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let the cross-domain surveillance continue! [EDIT] since i'm getting downvoted, maybe someone can tell me how a CDN is not a perfect tool for cross-domain trac
by leeoniya 13y ago
let the cross-domain surveillance continue!
[EDIT] since i'm getting downvoted, maybe someone can tell me how a CDN is not a perfect tool for cross-domain tracking. and also how it's not convenient that Verizon can track the browsing habits of users coming from their competitors' IP address blocks
- jrockway 13y agoWhat incentive does Verizon have to spend money to track users across domains? Ultimately, Verizon exists to make money for their shareholders. ISPs do have to do things HN readers don't like to make the government happy (like comply with secret warrants), but they are not legally required to buy CDNs to make some sort of user tracking easier. The NSA can wiretap a CDN as easily as they can wiretap Verizon. Perhaps Verizon thinks the business is underpriced for the value it offers, or they want to deliver a better user experience to their customers? Nahh... it must be some conspiracy!!!11!
- leeoniya 13y agoi'm not implying that's the reason they bought them - of course it isn't - just pointing out what they can do with their new superpowers.
- nl 13y agoGiven Verizon's high penetration of the ISP market in the US, they have much better sources of traffic patterns anyway, and can link that with direct billing information.
- yeukhon 13y agoISP cache stuff and can sell traffic, cross-domain tracking is nothing. I think we worry too much. We should focus on making our cryoto stronger, not about some cross-domain tracking. If third-party cookie is already a mess, cross-domain tracking is always a mess. Let's focus on something more practical and more important. Half of the websites nowadays probably add Google analytic and Google knows a lot about users for you (even if Google only stores the statistics).