petyrbaelish

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   by petyrbaelish 8y ago

   Yes, so until we can be sure about what is being done with the tracking : paying with money and paying with information are not either - or trade offs, but tracking is in addition to the money paid. I am talking about the worst case because
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   by petyrbaelish 8y ago

   No, this doesn't assume anything of the sort. By identifying yourself conclusively on one website, you add to the information these trackers have on you. By associating this information with other tracking they are doing to you, they s
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   by petyrbaelish 8y ago

   When you pay with your money,i.e. subscribe : you enable them to get more information out of you. Tracking becomes almost perfect : no matter how many browsers you change, operating systems, keep deleting cookies, give random data to finger
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   by petyrbaelish 8y ago

   But with subscription, they track you with even more accuracy. Unless you are ready to subscribe using a different identifier everyday.
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   by petyrbaelish 8y ago

   But the very existence of ethics is in danger in absence of free will. Existence : as in, whom do you blame for hanging the terrorist ? The lawyers, judges, jury, witnesses did not have free well : so it was inevitable that the terrorist be
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   by petyrbaelish 8y ago

   There is some evidence that the higher power business works[1]. Anyway, it will always be difficult to directly judge a particular organization rather than its methods. [1] The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg : while not scientifically sp