Comment by neilv
2 months ago
> Advertisers can then use this information to learn more about consumers and target ads more effectively.
Stop writing like that.
For decades, this prompted the consumer to say, Why would I care about advertisers showing me ads that are more relevant to me?
And so consumers didn't care about privacy.
Not realizing that that's not the entirety of what the surveillance will eventually be used for.
Hopefully everyone isn't about to learn, the hard way, one of the worst case scenarios.
You just did the same thing—hinted at some larger risk but didn’t actually spell it out. I do agree that it’s long passed time that media needs to be way more direct instead of hoping the audience figures it out by themselves.
HN knows some of the risks, and I don't have to spell them out.
I called out a journalist, writing for a broader audience, who was effectively implying to the populace that those risks don't exist, and that the only thing in question was how relevant the ads they are shown.