Another version being used on some news websites (forgot the names) - do you want us to track you or not?
Me: No
Website: Fair enough. Pay us 5 dollars in order for us to not track you. OR allow us to track you and you can get access to the article for free
I just don’t believe that they will stop trying to track me, no matter how much i pay.
In fact, the more i pay, the more valuable i am.
Because the details of a rich sucker are very high value.
True. Same goes for “ad free” streaming platform subscriptions. These days literally almost every streaming platform has introduced additional charges for advert removal even for the top tier plans
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Dumb question maybe, but do tuey have to track browser types to be able to serve phones vs desktops?
“We value your privacy” (as a commodity that we can legally sell with or without your permission. Do you want to download tracking cookies now or should we play coy?)
“We and our 947 partners value your privacy.”
We tested software at work once.
It would show who visited your website, their socials, their phone number, e-mail and company they work for. You could also open a video that would show their mouse movement and clicks.
All by clicking accept.
And all of this assumes they even show that accept button properly. With all the vibe coders, I wouldn’t even trust the button to do anything at all.
The web is just fucked. Not leaking your fingerprint sounds like an impossible task to me.
A script that shows a modal box or whatever when something fails to load as expected need not spy on you to function, but maybe I’m reading into a funny post more than I should be.
Site: We noticed you’re using an ad blocker. Ads are how we pay for this site so it can be free for you
Me: I’m using an ad blocker because without it your site is a barely functional jumbled mess
Site: Please disable your ad blocker
Me: Also the last time I visited the site without a blocker my antivirus caught a malicious ad injection.
Site: 🤡
Site: We noticed you’re using an ad blocker. Ads are how we pay for this site so it can be free for you
“Ads are how we sell as much information about you as we possibly can so that it can be free for you. This sites content is the nectar in our fly trap. Get the fuck into our fly trap so we can extract as much from your humanity as we possibly can”
The DNS I use blocks advertising. I love it. Get bent.
