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Originally Posted by davethejag
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Same old same old ...
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But an alternative interpretation of the nature of the cyberspace is that any advertiser may legitimately assemble information that has been transmitted on what is clearly a very public network.
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Oh well if it's a public network then by all means wire tap it.
While you are there don't forget all that free content out there ready to enhance your own product - steal away we don't mind.
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All the server farms and fiber optic cables that power today’s Internet are not cheap, and somebody has to pay.
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I'll just tell VM that advertising will be paying my bills in future. Could I have your bank details.
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The New York legislation would be a death sentence for the online business models of the future because the bill makes it illegal to record any user behaviour unless that user has granted permission to be tracked.
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God forbid that you should actually have to get permission before wire tapping my private communications.
What makes me really laugh about the advertising lobby is that they still don't seem to have identified the threat to their own world from allowing a tape worm into the system.
I could be the worlds most successful share trader - it's easy. Step one - wire-tap traders / companies / competitors private communications. Step two - clean up. There's a good reason that it's illegal.