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The Good and Bad of Data Collection

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the look-who's-watching dept.

Nephilium writes "Reason magazine has dedicated their latest issue to a discussion of privacy and data collection. They sent subscribers a customized cover of the magazine [as previously covered on Slashdot]. Some good points as to the benefits and drawbacks of who is sharing your information." The sample targeted advertisements are for non-profit organizations, but it may not be long until someone figures out how much companies will pay to utilize this sort of targeting.

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  1. Re:How'bout NO ADS by Timothy+Brownawell · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Imagine that..... wanting to buy something, going to the store, and picking the damned thing out YOURSELF, instead of people pushing stuff at you 24/7 ..... now there's a concept..
    ...which kinda makes it harder to hear about new cool stuff. Particularly in tech areas, there's new "better" stuff showing up all the time. If you never get any ads, how're you going to find out about it? And if you never find out about it, how're you going to know if it'd be nice to have or not?

    Tim