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Google To Monitor Surfing Habits For Ad-Serving
superglaze (ZDNet UK) writes "Google is gearing up to launch cookie-based 'interest-based' advertising, which involves monitoring the user's passage across various WebSense partner sites. The idea is to have better-targeted advertising, which is not a million miles away from what Phorm is trying to do — the difference, it seems at first glance, is that Google is being relatively up-front about its intentions."
"Google, you fiend, do you really expect me to opt out?"
"No, Mr. MadDogX, I expect you to die."
John
Hahaha....actually I found that out the hard way. I bought something to...enhance...my relationship with a girlfriend (now an ex girlfriend). Every time I sign in I get suggested items for body chocolate, kama sutra tapes, and dildos that look like weapons.
Ride the skies
(as should most people, since 99.9999999% of all cookies are redundant)
There's a word in English, "most", appropriate for this situation. It's not necessary or helpful to invent obviously-made-up-numbers to illustrate "most". I doubt you have data to back up that only one in one billion cookies is useful.
NO ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
Having no faith in the integrity of Anything on the Web, I choose to block those ads
Where did you get AdBlock from?
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
When they're doing a report on vegetation in China and they Google "Asian bushes" there might be an issue.
Ride the skies
But I'm worried to see Disney ads while I'm watching p0rn!
(as should most people, since 99.9999999% of all cookies are redundant)
There's a word in English, "most", appropriate for this situation. It's not necessary or helpful to invent obviously-made-up-numbers to illustrate "most". I doubt you have data to back up that only one in one billion cookies is useful.
I agree 110 percent!