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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Advertising can't be privacy preserving. What gives advertisement value is the fact that it's targeted.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Advertising signs next to a road are both targeted and privacy respecting, just like radio/tv.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

They are worth nothing compared to targeted ads online that know your soul.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That's a really good point.

However the company that Mozilla just purchased was about targeted advertisement campaigns.. "data-driven advertisements"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Yeah I'm aware, I just reacted to the general statement about advertising that was untrue imho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's not what digital advertising is though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

The person I reacted to didn't talk about only digital advertising

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Contextual ads can be privacy preserving. As in Netflix ads in a entertainment page. The problem is targeting the ad on people, and not on content.