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The Apache viewpoint on this - MS is not being the good guy | 751 comments | Create New Account

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The Apache viewpoint on this - MS is not being the good guy

Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 05 2012 @ 09:58 AM EDT

Let me ask you this:

Should I be allowed to follow you around, logging every store you visit, and
every space you enter, every piece of paper you read, every magazine cover you
glance at, etc. and give/sell that information to any and all takers? Should
you have to *ask* me to stop? Should actually stopping when you ask be
*voluntary* on my part?

That's what's happening with advertiser tracking. If done in the physical
world, it would be a *blatant* violation of privacy, anti-stalking, and
anti-harrassment laws. Why should it be any different online.

The argument that we should have to *ask* advertisers to *not* track us is
absurd on its face. They should have to ask *us* if we're willing to be tracked
by them, and they should have to inform us of what they're gathering, and who
they provide it to!

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

The Apache viewpoint on this - MS is not being the good guy - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 05 2012 @ 10:41 AM EDT
- The Apache viewpoint on this - MS is not being the good guy - Authored by: LocoYokel on Saturday, October 06 2012 @ 08:46 AM EDT

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