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Online Ads, Privacy Remain In FTC Crosshairs

Posted by samzenpus on from the tracking-is-the-governments-job dept.

AC95 writes "The FTC wants to give users a browser-based tool for opting out of online behavioral tracking, a proposal that has privacy advocates cheering and online advertisers up in arms. A key issue, says FTC attorney Loretta Garrison, is that while most consumers know they're tracked online, they don't fully appreciate how much information is collected. Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, worries about knee-jerk legislation criminalizing mistakes that are an inherent part of applying any new technology."

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  1. Re:How's this different from a do-not-call list? by sexconker · · Score: 0, Troll

    I know this isn't how things are done in Washington, but in a democracy shouldn't the government be answering to its concerned citizens instead of just focusing on what makes things easy/profitable/convenient/one-sided for large corporations?

    You mentioned "Washington" and "democracy" (affirmatively) in the same sentence.
    Why?

    The United States is a republic, and it's system of government is a representative democracy. The citizen's do not matter until they care enough to take up arms against their government. See 1776 and 1861.

  2. Re:HOSTS files advantages over ADBLOCK by sexconker · · Score: 0, Troll

    I haven't seen this copy-pasta spam in ages.
    It only gets more retarded with time.