dock98 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 By LOUISE STORYPublished: October 31, 2007A coalition of privacy groups asked the government today to set up a mandatory do-not-track list for the Internet.Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy EffortsThe groups — which include the Consumer Federation of America, World Privacy Forum and several others — are worried that online advertising companies are collecting too much data about consumers’ Web habits.full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteus Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Why don't all fight back with the Adblock plus addon in Firefox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lammster Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Why don't all fight back with the Adblock plus addon in Firefox!I hate to burst your bubble but advertising helps keep the sites we love on the web. nsanedown barely scrapes by with advertising, donations, and substantial time and money put in by our admins. Cut out the revenue the site gets from ads and it won't stay around for long.If anything would help, it would be for site owners to boycott advertisers that are known to gather such data, but most take whatever they can get. Not much can be helped about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteus Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Maybe then a new filter that only takes away thoose ads from advertisers that collect to much data? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted November 1, 2007 Author Share Posted November 1, 2007 Why don't all fight back with the Adblock plus addon in Firefox!I hate to burst your bubble but advertising helps keep the sites we love on the web. nsanedown barely scrapes by with advertising, donations, and substantial time and money put in by our admins. Cut out the revenue the site gets from ads and it won't stay around for long.If anything would help, it would be for site owners to boycott advertisers that are known to gather such data, but most take whatever they can get. Not much can be helped about it.it didnt say stop all information,it said too much information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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