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Advertising May Soon Follow You From One Device To the Next
moon_unit2 writes "We're all familiar with ads that seem to follow you around as you go from one website to another. A startup called Drawbridge has developed technology that could let those ads follow you even when you pick up a smartphone or tablet. The company, founded by an ex-Google scientist, employs statistical methods to try to match and identify users on different devices. The idea is that this will preserve privacy while making mobile ads more lucrative, although some experts aren't convinced that the data will be truly anonymous."
http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=submission&id=2387715 Seriously?
You... don't understand how the firehose works, do you?
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
In their continuing quest to impose their marketing scum on every aspect and moment of your life, they are now taking yet another step in their bid to become omnipresent and unavoidable.
It's getting to the point where these marketing invasions need to have serious and painful repercussions to those creating or employing them.
Adblock already follows me from one device to the next.
Used to be a bit of a google fanboy myself. Now I realise they are no better than the rest and are also hell bent on world domination like Microsoft.