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Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by Cafey »

catshirt wrote: post #74
ogig wrote: post #6

This reminded me that notch web game[1]. Both kept me interested and I find them a very pleasant form of art. [1] http://game.notch.net/drowning/

reminded me of The Stanley Parable. if anyone was humored, intrigued, or moved by either this or Notch's "drowning".... you will love The Stanley Parable. don't do any Googling or reading on it before you play though. go in blind. i wish i could play it again for the first time. The Stanley Parable is literally one of my favorite things ever.

It really was amazing especially that part where .... nah I'm kidding! not gonna spoil it for everyone it's too good :D

Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by raimue »

andybak wrote: post #53
danfromberlin wrote: post #34

Who else feels a sense of horrible dread and frustration that every minutiae of my (and your) online activity is recorded for eternity and exploited to the fullest extent? What are you going to do about it?

I behave online with the understanding that my behaviour is essentially public. PS - how come all website product recommendations still suck? Data collection is rather ahead of data usage it seems...

Oh, yes, the algorithms supposed to target you specifically are often quite bad and annoying. For example on Amazon, when you just bought a coffee machine, your recommendations will show you a bunch of coffee machines. Well, I just made a choice and ordered a coffee machine, I am not going to buy another one for quite some time.

Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by ahstro »

aroch wrote: post #29

It looks like all the audio files are stored as numbered mp3's on AWS, so those interested can grab all of them pretty simply. My personal favorite is the, "Oh, for fucks sake": https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/clickclickclick.click/Voi... There's a song as well: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/clickclickclick.click/Voi...

Why do I know that song? Isn't it in Moulin Rouge or something?

Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by brianzelip »

What's the difference to the browser between "tripleclicking" the button and "clicking the button >X times in one second"?

ie: why did it respond that I "clicked the button seven times within one second" before it responded that I "tripleclicked the button for the first time"?

See this screenshot for reference: http://imgur.com/xhWHPQa

Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by PuffinBlue »

GoToRO wrote: post #83

I used HotJar and it's pretty cool to see the actual website and the user navigating. This is a video of an actual recording a site owner will see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Odc4k4KXjc

I'm kind of amazed at the amount of mouse movement.

I move mine a bit but that was all over the place!

Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by truth_sentinell »

SixSigma wrote: post #62
hrrsn wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't consider it bare minimum. Most of the web is broken with NoScript installed.

There is a difference though. I can selectively turn things on / off. If I have to turn on >5 websites to see the content it suddenly has less value and I shrug and close

I really can't understand the people that browse the internet without JS. Like what's the point? JS is part of the web, deal with it.

Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by LeifCarrotson »

raimue wrote: post #82
andybak wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I behave online with the understanding that my behaviour is essentially public. PS - how come all website product recommendations still suck? Data collection is rather ahead of data usage it seems...

Oh, yes, the algorithms supposed to target you specifically are often quite bad and annoying. For example on Amazon, when you just bought a coffee machine, your recommendations will show you a bunch of coffee machines. Well, I just made a choice and ordered a coffee machine, I am not going to buy another one for quite some time.

Bad for you != bad for the advertiser, and bad for the advertiser is not necessarily correlated to annoying to you.

While your particular case may need just one coffee machine, there are other scenarios. If you just bought a coffee machine, perhaps it will be defective and you'll need a replacement. Perhaps you didn't know about the one they're showing you and will return the first one to buy this one. Perhaps you are just getting into this coffee stuff and realize that a second one for the office would be nice. Perhaps you're buying a few to compare them.

It could be rational to show you the ad instead of a random individual if the sum of these scenarios is greater than the rate at which random individuals buy coffee machines.

Or, yeah, it could be that their ad-showing algorithm just tells them you have the word "coffee" in your recent browsing history.

Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by lucb1e »

dx034 wrote: post #75
ragebol wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eindhoven, Netherlands (Source: https://clickclickclick.click/credit )

hmm? Did they just delete that page? > Cannot GET /credit

On the right top you can click on Achievements; then again right top for Colophon. This brings me to https://clickclickclick.click/credits# but going there directly doesn't seem to work.

Also, specifically, Strijp-S in Eindhoven.

Re: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

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Post by Pigo »

dx034 wrote: post #73
danfromberlin wrote: post #34

Who else feels a sense of horrible dread and frustration that every minutiae of my (and your) online activity is recorded for eternity and exploited to the fullest extent? What are you going to do about it?

Not really horrified. Yes they save it, but they don't seem to be able to use it well. The ads I get on Facebook are sometimes really interesting (i.e. targeted well), on other pages it's mostly stuff I bought a while ago or topics where I don't even have a clue why they think that could be interesting. And even though they can save it forever, it's outdated pretty quickly. If someone has information that I clicked a…

I sometimes wonder if I should be more concerned with privacy and my data than I am. I don't engage in risky behaviors, and use mailinator as much as possible. But I also have nothing to hide, and rarely share anything critical apart from cc# with amazon. If they want to know how often I show up and track events, I couldn't care less. I suppose it's good more people know what they're capable of. I know people who think they need to go Snowden when they're daily life is just finding answers on Stack Overflow and watching Joe Rogan on YouTube.
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