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I'm concerned about building profiles of internet users, probably more than the average person is, but I see the HTTP/HTTPS question as fairly marginal for that

I'm concerned about building profiles of internet users, probably more than the average person is, but I see the HTTP/HTTPS question as fairly marginal for that particular issue. Building profiles of users' browsing behavior is primarily done via methods that HTTPS lets pass through, such as the Facebook "like" button, Google AdSense ads, etc. Much of this data (though probably not Google's) can then be bought and cross-correlated into databases.

moe 12y ago
Building profiles of users' browsing behavior is primarily done via methods that HTTPS lets pass through What do you think is the purpose of the NSA hardware that is deployed[1] at the Tier1 internet exchanges[2]? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_tier_1_networks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_tier_1_n...