Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Trackers

jacquesmattheij.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

1–10 of 216 posts

Re: Trackers

#2

Post by tux3 »

It's funny how much more relatable the whole privacy debate becomes when transposed to the physical world.

Some will disagree, but I think the comparison was spot on.

Re: Trackers

#3

Post by S4M »

Thank you Jacques for writing how something that would be completely unacceptable in the physical world is deemed perfectly fine online. It has always bothered me.

Take for example how the FBI wants to have automatic access to the data in all iphones through a backdoor. Would that be considered OK if they asked lockers makers to make their locks accept a master key so they would be able to enter in anybody's house, so they could monitor further people they suspect to be terrorist?

Of course that would cause an uproar, but the general public being so uneducated with technology, I guess they don't see how the two are related.

Re: Trackers

#4

Post by austinjp »

Add the part where one of the bouncers starts their own targeting company and does deals with some of the other targeters.

Re: Trackers

#6

Post by JorgeGT »

S4M wrote: post #3

Thank you Jacques for writing how something that would be completely unacceptable in the physical world is deemed perfectly fine online. It has always bothered me. Take for example how the FBI wants to have automatic access to the data in all iphones through a backdoor. Would that be considered OK if they asked lockers makers to make their locks accept a master key so they would be able to enter in anybody's house, s…

> Would that be considered OK if they asked lockers makers to make their locks accept a master key

Didn't TSA do exactly this, only to have CAD designs of the master keys reverse-engineered from a photo and posted in GitHub? https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys

Re: Trackers

#8

Post by raverbashing »

I think that better than an ad-blocking solution would be to feed all those trackers with fake information

Oh you want location data here it is, this morning I've been all over the planet. Want to know all the websites I'm visiting, sure, here's a million of them.

Just based on the fact that they keep trying to sell you the thermometer after you already don't care kind of points out that they're being had, and I'm all for helping it happen

Re: Trackers

#9

Post by atirip »

I have blocked as much trackers as i can. Having said that, i know why they exists. See, when John produces shampoo, he needs to sell it. The only way is to advertise, one way or another, because without advertising, public knowledge, the shampoo does not sell. Now John does want to spend as less to ads as possible, that makes sense, since we, the customers, end up paying about that too. To spend less, John needs to show ads only to core group of buyers, for that he needs to know, who you are. Tracker does that. Shampoo costs 5 bucks. How much you agree to pay for that with advertising costs included? 6? 16? Really, are you ready to eat up 200% advertising markup? I have no idea, frankly.
Post reply on HN