That request is made to the ad platform (e.g. Google/FB/Amzn) and not the 3th party who owns the ad. Even when following the link the website does not get any personal information it does not already get by you visiting…
You can be targeted without explicitly selling data to a third party. This is how most large advertising networks work. They don't send a dump of all user data to a third party who wants to advertise.
I personally prefer having personalised ads over vanilla ones. Especially if the data is not sold but merely used to improve ads. If possible I try to pay where possible to not have ads in the first place.
I'd like some evidence with all these conspiracy theories. Recent battles between news corps and silicon valley have shown they are on opposite sides if anything. There is no shortage of negative press regarding silicon…
I'm curious to the longer term effects of companies that move hybrid setups. It would seem to me (although anecdotically) that in this setup working fully remote might hinder career growth due to visibility and being…
news flash, most people are paid per hour, not per work unit
Get off your high horse please. Many folks enjoy a social component while being productive instead of being a drone for 8 hours every day.
While I also like the idea of choice for people on either side of the spectrum I feel being remote while part of your team/company is not puts you at a severe disadvantage. Both in the sense of being involved in new…
Unsure where you get your quotes but Switzerland beats UK in post tax earnings by quite a margin according to data I found. Note that Switzerland has only a 20-25% effective tax. If you want decent money (not even NYC…
Reading the comments it almost seems that folks assume passwords are shared plain text with these trackers. I don't have any issue with Lastpass having anonymized logs of how often people visit which part of the app if…
You just described the goal of capitalism. This is nothing specific to tech companies.
I was able to change this default in the settings.
Sorry, I added the edit, I'm quite new to this comment section and assumed it might show my edit by default
> The best solution to this would be regional alternatives operating on a shared standard. This would avoid the problem of values not reflecting your culture's values, not having to moderate billions of people, etc. You…
A state regulated and censored siloed system where you can't communicate across borders hardly seems like the thing to strive for if you want to displace FB. edited to reword as to not assume intentions of op
I think most would agree that if there were a globally connected (meaning countries are not silos), open and privacy first alternative would exist they would want to switch however I think once these platforms grow they…
I don't see how having national backed social media platforms to the likes china does is a better alternative for end users compared to facebook. If you are a proponent for open speech this will accomplish the opposite…
It's curious that people have such diverging experiences with the spam filter. I think the claim that Google's filter is objectively worse should at least be supported by some evidence if you're going to make a bold…
Why would it need to be shut down.
Why should you tip the hair stylists though. Isn't the service exactly what you pay for in the first place (same as taxi/uber)? For food I can kind of understand of since they decouple serving and preparation +…
China is indeed catching up. Production of technology is done there because labor is cheap (being a producer does not imply innovation). Chinese companies still have a way to go to become mainstream in the western…
Does this mean Bing is already doing this?
Actually many of them regularly donate to charity and have employee charity matching programmes (https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202084918-Ap...) I'm not sure if only money would help in this case…
I'd argue that the risk of such vulnerabilities with smaller companies is way higher but they are just not disclosed. Many people are also fine with the data for free services trade.
That request is made to the ad platform (e.g. Google/FB/Amzn) and not the 3th party who owns the ad. Even when following the link the website does not get any personal information it does not already get by you visiting…
You can be targeted without explicitly selling data to a third party. This is how most large advertising networks work. They don't send a dump of all user data to a third party who wants to advertise.
You can be targeted without explicitly selling data to a third party. This is how most large advertising networks work. They don't send a dump of all user data to a third party who wants to advertise.
I personally prefer having personalised ads over vanilla ones. Especially if the data is not sold but merely used to improve ads. If possible I try to pay where possible to not have ads in the first place.
I'd like some evidence with all these conspiracy theories. Recent battles between news corps and silicon valley have shown they are on opposite sides if anything. There is no shortage of negative press regarding silicon…
I'm curious to the longer term effects of companies that move hybrid setups. It would seem to me (although anecdotically) that in this setup working fully remote might hinder career growth due to visibility and being…
news flash, most people are paid per hour, not per work unit
Get off your high horse please. Many folks enjoy a social component while being productive instead of being a drone for 8 hours every day.
While I also like the idea of choice for people on either side of the spectrum I feel being remote while part of your team/company is not puts you at a severe disadvantage. Both in the sense of being involved in new…
Unsure where you get your quotes but Switzerland beats UK in post tax earnings by quite a margin according to data I found. Note that Switzerland has only a 20-25% effective tax. If you want decent money (not even NYC…
Reading the comments it almost seems that folks assume passwords are shared plain text with these trackers. I don't have any issue with Lastpass having anonymized logs of how often people visit which part of the app if…
You just described the goal of capitalism. This is nothing specific to tech companies.
I was able to change this default in the settings.
Sorry, I added the edit, I'm quite new to this comment section and assumed it might show my edit by default
> The best solution to this would be regional alternatives operating on a shared standard. This would avoid the problem of values not reflecting your culture's values, not having to moderate billions of people, etc. You…
A state regulated and censored siloed system where you can't communicate across borders hardly seems like the thing to strive for if you want to displace FB. edited to reword as to not assume intentions of op
I think most would agree that if there were a globally connected (meaning countries are not silos), open and privacy first alternative would exist they would want to switch however I think once these platforms grow they…
I don't see how having national backed social media platforms to the likes china does is a better alternative for end users compared to facebook. If you are a proponent for open speech this will accomplish the opposite…
It's curious that people have such diverging experiences with the spam filter. I think the claim that Google's filter is objectively worse should at least be supported by some evidence if you're going to make a bold…
Why would it need to be shut down.
Why should you tip the hair stylists though. Isn't the service exactly what you pay for in the first place (same as taxi/uber)? For food I can kind of understand of since they decouple serving and preparation +…
China is indeed catching up. Production of technology is done there because labor is cheap (being a producer does not imply innovation). Chinese companies still have a way to go to become mainstream in the western…
Does this mean Bing is already doing this?
Actually many of them regularly donate to charity and have employee charity matching programmes (https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202084918-Ap...) I'm not sure if only money would help in this case…
I'd argue that the risk of such vulnerabilities with smaller companies is way higher but they are just not disclosed. Many people are also fine with the data for free services trade.