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I enjoy reading T&Cs but I'm ambivilent about my private data. Why do I care if some company wants my search history? I have no money to spend anyway...
Ever thought 40k would be a lot better with bears?
Codex: Bears.
NOW WITH MR BIGGLES AND HIS AMAZING FLYING CONTRAPTION
I wonder if they could sell that to someone else to try to blackmail you...
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Personally I hate how companies demand and collect data. It should be utterly illegal to sell on peoples details and data on them and companies should only require you to provide the minimum data to do whatever it is they need to do for you.
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thenoobbomb wrote:Short summary:
'We are allowed to read your browser history, so we can give you better porn then you are watching now.'
Pretty much this. I have no complaints. I don't believe I've EVER clicked an advertising link. I swear, once old people die and stop clicking viagra ads, internet advertising will slow to a crawl. Your average internet user is just too savvy to fall for advertising. At least I hope so.
I often make stuff up when filling out out forms online. I make up an address or use an old one, and I make up a date of birth and use a different name. My name isn't really Howard Treesong, but that's what I told Yahoo.
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Howard A Treesong wrote:I often make stuff up when filling out out forms online. I make up an address or use an old one, and I make up a date of birth and use a different name. My name isn't really Howard Treesong, but that's what I told Yahoo.
Doesn't everyone? I go by Paul Simonon, age 27, (friend's address), (Old phone Number) on more than a dozen sites. Hardly ever use my real name on the internet, except when it comes to trading or shipping.
thenoobbomb wrote:Short summary:
'We are allowed to read your browser history, so we can give you better porn then you are watching now.'
Pretty much this. I have no complaints. I don't believe I've EVER clicked an advertising link. I swear, once old people die and stop clicking viagra ads, internet advertising will slow to a crawl. Your average internet user is just too savvy to fall for advertising. At least I hope so.
In my private life, I never click on ads of any kind. But, when I'm at work, I'll often click on ads if they're relevant. That's because rather than shopping for a video game where I specifically know what I want, I'm shopping for a high-precision scale and don't really know exactly what I want. If a well-placed add can show me a better deal or a superior product, I'll click on it.
And, just because you're young doesn't mean you won't click on ads. I don't think the elderly are keeping Evony funded.
Howard A Treesong wrote:I often make stuff up when filling out out forms online. I make up an address or use an old one, and I make up a date of birth and use a different name. My name isn't really Howard Treesong, but that's what I told Yahoo.
Doesn't everyone? I go by Paul Simonon, age 27, (friend's address), (Old phone Number) on more than a dozen sites. Hardly ever use my real name on the internet, except when it comes to trading or shipping.
I click on them for the lulz.
But then I have extremely aggressive anti-virus software, and several encrypted hard drives.
I also don't do anything that I would consider embarrassing, so there's that.
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Grakmar wrote:
In my private life, I never click on ads of any kind. But, when I'm at work, I'll often click on ads if they're relevant. That's because rather than shopping for a video game where I specifically know what I want, I'm shopping for a high-precision scale and don't really know exactly what I want. If a well-placed add can show me a better deal or a superior product, I'll click on it.
And, just because you're young doesn't mean you won't click on ads. I don't think the elderly are keeping Evony funded.
Its all a matter of context.
If an ad is trying to sell you a high precision scale, there's a good chance its legitimate.
If an ad is trying to sell you penis enlarging pills, it probably isn't.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
As with the EA Origin fiasco, my response is: Companies have been doing this for years. You probably have at least half a dozen programs installed on your computer that are doing it at this very moment. Its impossible to avoid because its become the standard any company you deal with is going to do it.
The milk was spilled years ago, why are people only noticing that companies do this now?
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