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minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 years agoGoogle also has it’s own advertising business (Alphabet and Nest, among others), the business is to sell user data to these and third party advertising companies, that is called surveillance advertising. Because of this more and more initiatives and goverments are condemnd this, because violate the basic rights of the user. https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/new-report-details-threats-to-consumers-from-surveillance-based-advertising/ https://www.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-22-letter-to-policymakers-surveillance-based-advertising-draft.pdf https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/06/banning-surveillance-based-advertising.html https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889903/democrats-targeted-advertising-facebook-google-surveillance https://accountabletech.org/campaign/ban-surveillance-advertising/ … etc.
minus-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoYes, I know surveillance based advertising exists. I don’t know why you’re bringing that up.
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoBecause you think that M$ don’t do this, which is wrong. They share your data with half a dozen companies, and from there, who knows.
minus-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoWhat, no. That is not what I meant to convey at all. I know Microsoft does surveillance advertising. I said so myself two comments ago.
Google also has it’s own advertising business (Alphabet and Nest, among others), the business is to sell user data to these and third party advertising companies, that is called surveillance advertising. Because of this more and more initiatives and goverments are condemnd this, because violate the basic rights of the user. https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/new-report-details-threats-to-consumers-from-surveillance-based-advertising/
https://www.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-22-letter-to-policymakers-surveillance-based-advertising-draft.pdf
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/06/banning-surveillance-based-advertising.html
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889903/democrats-targeted-advertising-facebook-google-surveillance
https://accountabletech.org/campaign/ban-surveillance-advertising/ … etc.
Yes, I know surveillance based advertising exists. I don’t know why you’re bringing that up.
Because you think that M$ don’t do this, which is wrong. They share your data with half a dozen companies, and from there, who knows.
What, no. That is not what I meant to convey at all. I know Microsoft does surveillance advertising. I said so myself two comments ago.