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It's harder to run targeted ads if the data is encrypted. Sometimes I feel that it's less about money and more about control, but control, in a weird future se
by ColoursofOSINT 3y ago
It's harder to run targeted ads if the data is encrypted.
Sometimes I feel that it's less about money and more about control, but control, in a weird future sense. I wonder if the thought process is, "we should collect this now, so we can use it later," without ever really knowing what it will be used for later.
- drekipus 3y agoOh they know what they want to use it for later..
- l33t7332273 3y agoWhat do you suppose the goal is?
- smolder 3y agoThey can be better be proxies for the USG's "Total information awareness"?
- amadeuspagel 3y agoIt's so strange to see tech companies fight for encryption, not only Apple, which also has a large ad business, but even Meta and Google, which are almost entirely ad-funded, only to see people on HN speculate about how ads are the reason for the fight against encryption.