I don't understand how picking between two different browser tracking technologies can "help combat racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, and discrimination against those with mental illness with four lines of code,"
Because, Jesus if it were that easy why didn't we solve racism and sexism decades ago?
I can only speculate, but I believe the issue is that FLoC will start categorizing people by their browsing habits at the browser level. So within a period of time, the browser will know which groups you belong to and start showing you tailored content. As they state it's a privacy concern, I assume the issue is something like this: 1) Your browser figures you you are in a group such as LGBTQ+ and start tailoring your ad/news content accordingly. 2) Through means undefined, a bad actor finds this out (or ma
They can put me into whatever "buckets" they like and I won't care, because I use an ad-blocker.
I occasionally do my part mess with ad data, like suddenly spending a day browsing baby clothes, cribs, formula...then the next time browsing for race car parts...the next day it's mountain climbing gear....then wheelchairs and canes.
So if this comes to pass I'll end up in the "we have no fucking clue what he likes" bucket.
Maybe I'm overlooking something (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't understand how picking between two different browser tracking technologies can "help combat racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, and discrimination against those with mental illness with four lines of code,"
Because, Jesus if it were that easy why didn't we solve racism and sexism decades ago?
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
I can only speculate, but I believe the issue is that FLoC will start categorizing people by their browsing habits at the browser level. So within a period of time, the browser will know which groups you belong to and start showing you tailored content. As they state it's a privacy concern, I assume the issue is something like this:
1) Your browser figures you you are in a group such as LGBTQ+ and start tailoring your ad/news content accordingly.
2) Through means undefined, a bad actor finds this out (or ma
Re:Maybe I'm overlooking something (Score:2)
They can put me into whatever "buckets" they like and I won't care, because I use an ad-blocker.
I occasionally do my part mess with ad data, like suddenly spending a day browsing baby clothes, cribs, formula...then the next time browsing for race car parts...the next day it's mountain climbing gear....then wheelchairs and canes.
So if this comes to pass I'll end up in the "we have no fucking clue what he likes" bucket.