FTC - Do Not Track

Finally managed to trudge through the whole report linked on the FTC press page. Typical garbage, and I seriously doubt that it will go anywhere without being significantly watered down.


Frank
 


It can't go anywhere.

At some point they will be forced to do a cost-analysis comparison on businesses making these changes & they'll see that this is going to cost too much to implement.
 
lukep is right. It's like the Feds trying to stop movie piracy. After cost analysis they give up even for large companies. There isn't much they can do. Resource after resource.
 
^From the article:

"When the feature is enabled and users turn it on, web sites will be told by Firefox that a user would like to opt-out of [online behavioral advertising]."

Ommitted from the article:

"But then the website says FUCK YOU!"
 
acidie said:
How do they expect to enforce this against non-american companies.
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How do they propose to enforce this law against ANY website? As someone said above, it is impossible not to track users. Fuck, SERVER logs are technically tracking... so now servers cannot log what people connected to them do?


This is another well-intentioned idea that has been proposed by a government that is run by people who just don't fucking understand the internet or how it works. Fuck the FTC and good luck suing any website over this bullshit.
 
someone should write a script that automatically redirects anyone who opts out to ftc.gov

Would love to see those bastards shut down for a few days until changed their minds.
 
Speaking of tracking, it gets worse than online. One of my FB friends posted this today: "It's a little creepy. The day after I go to the Fricke and stand before the portrait of Cromwell, I get this email from Amazon saying wouldn't I like to order this new book...?[about Cromwell]"

Apparently, Amazon is keeping tabs on her museum visit, and who knows what else they're watching? I think this is totally out of bounds.
 
dubbyah said:
Also, since when is behaviorally targeted advertisements a bad thing? I think if the consumer had the choice they would PREFER to be shown targeted and contextually relevant ads to their interest rather than diaper ads on a firearm enthusiast website.
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Maybe if this is how the 'do not track' bit was worded. But every consumer is going to see it as a 'oh, so you mean my wife won't find out when i look at the porn on the internets, opt out away'. How many average internet users actualy know what the tracking does? Xmas at my rents is always 'while you're here can you delete my cookies so I don't get a virus' talk. Most people are retarded when it comes to the internet, and would opt out in a second if the FTC 'reccommended' it.
 
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