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>“This is not a scheme,” says Scott Meyer, Evidon’s cofounder and CEO and formerly a senior figure in the New York Times Company’s online operations, when asked
by valarauca1 12y ago
>“This is not a scheme,” says Scott Meyer, Evidon’s cofounder and CEO and formerly a senior figure in the New York Times Company’s online operations, when asked about that dual role. He says, "There is no conflict in offering a tool that helps users hide from the ad industry while also helping that same industry."
As somebody use uses adblockers to help reduce my online footprint, I find this discomforting.
- sp332 12y agoHow do either of the services they provide increase your footprint?
- valarauca1 12y agoWhen I'm attempting to create no footprint (which is impossible I know), making any footprint period is annoying. And knowing a tool that is implemented and advertised to prevent making said footprint is just making one somewhere else is misleading.
- sp332 12y agoI'm not sure how TR got "GhostRank" enabled without the user seeing the prompt, because every time I've installed Ghostery, it's been an opt-in checkbox right at the beginning of setup.
- fyrabanks 12y agoIt's opt-in/disabled by default. What's the problem?
- Touche 12y agoIt exists.
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- fixanoid 12y agoWell, you are already using one of the best tools to keep your online footprint to a minimum, and it plainly asks you if you want to contribute data. This is an option and its off by default.