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Re: nebuad aka phoenix
said by funchords  :I'm very keen on watching "Canoe Ventures" develop. Right now, they haven't crossed that line into using your surfing habits to determine what commercials to send to your TV's set top box. Doesn't the very concept of "targeted advertising" mandate, by it's very nature, a violation of privacy?
In order to target ads, no matter what the technology, data about the target needs to be acquired. Such data acquisition by a party not directly in partnership with the target, is a privacy violation; IE, my cable company or ISP, have no business knowing whether or not I own a pet, what my politics are, what medical advice I am seeking, or any other personal data not directly associated with my relationship with the Cable or ISP operator. Furthermore, they have no right to sell or divulge such data, no matter for what purposes it was originally collected, to third parties.
Simply put, targeted advertising as a concept, needs to be made illegal on privacy grounds, and on the fact that it violates wiretap laws.
Bob
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"If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities." -- Voltaire
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