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When Personalization Runs Amuck

Posted by Hemos on from the swf-or-not dept.

pamar writes "According to this article from the Wall Street Journal, your TiVo could definitely get the wrong impression about your interests, or even your sexual preferences. And what you need to do to get "a clean slate"? Most of the users who have been "targeted" by TiVo usually try to "correct" the profiling by showing an abnormal interest in something wildly different." Yep, it's a dupe.

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  1. Deja vu by stevenbdjr · · Score: 1, Troll

    Are the editors out to lunch today? This is a duplicate from a day or two ago.