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markopoleo

join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
·Charter Pipeline

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Re: [HSI] Charter to monitor surfing, insert its own targeted ad

said by clickie See Profile :

So you'd have no problem with your phone company listening into your telephone conversation to your spouse/friend complaining that you've been suffering a bout of constipation, and sending you marketing material for a laxative?

Right now, the Nebuads people say they exclude health issues. That is subject of course, to change at whenever they like.

The big deal for me is that it always starts small. "We're not going to correlate this information to your personal identity" is what they say now, but when? If you think they'll never do that, you're being naive.
No problem at all with it. They do it for Direct Mailing with snail mail already, they have for long as I can remember. Off the top of my head I can think of 4 places that do it already.

Heck even programs do it now, even MS messenger has it, it will put ads in bottom based on browsing habits. The internet is just playing catchup to what everything else in the world does.
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