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Mozilla explains their recent foray into advertising - A free and open internet shouldn’t come at the expense of privacy (blog.mozilla.org)

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MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago (11 children)

A fundamental flaw in this, is it still involves user data, even if "anonymized". You can advertise without any user data. We do it all the time. Does a television channel know your gender? Does a radio station know if you bought a car recently? Does the newspaper know your hobbies?

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

Yes, they actually CAN know those things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How come?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Maybe they're referring to demographic statistics of listeners/watchers (via surveys or something)

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