Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Se-lu 31, good government edition
The "good government" monsters are playing their usual game. Via RT, some EU agencies are trying to halt Google's use of "private" data to target advertising.
Headline: Impotence, substance abuse, brain tumors? New docs reveal ultra-creepy Google ad tracking
Google and other online ad companies use intimate personal information like political beliefs, religion, sexual orientation, and even diseases and disabilities to target users for advertising, according to new evidence filed by digital rights organizations in Poland, Ireland and the UK. Their complaint takes aim at real-time bidding (RTB), online ad auctions in which highly sensitive information about users gleaned from their browsing history is traded by thousands of third-party companies which use these behavioral profiles to target ads.Se-lu. Loosen the bonds, step back, ask the deeper question. Why is this creepy? Yes, Google is a vicious invader and injector of information. But this particular invasion is USEFUL TO ORDINARY PEOPLE. It's like a salesman or doctor with good intuition. Targeted advertising lets you know about products and services that could help with your problems, or help you enjoy your job and avocation more. Why is this creepy? As always, the "good government" monsters are getting the public worked up about the INNOCENT activies of Deepstate, forcing us to watch the wrong end of the snake. This is directly parallel to the cultivated outrage at NSA spying on Merkel. Spying on leaders of hostile countries is EXACTLY WHAT SPIES ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. Krauts started the two biggest wars in recent history. Watching Kraut leaders is a PRODUCTIVE AND HELPFUL use of espionage budgets. When our outrage is focused on PROPER activities of NSA, we don't have any steam left for the IMPROPER work, which is pretty much EVERYTHING EXCEPT spying on Merkel. When we are outraged about the GOOD activities, Deepstate can nicely oblige us by slowing down the GOOD activities and moving the budget into BAD shit, which is what it wanted to do in the first place. The "good government" monsters specifically help Deepstate do MORE EVIL.
Labels: se-lu
¶ 1:03 AM
