• istanbullu@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

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

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      5 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.

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      5 months ago

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

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        5 months ago

        That’s a really good point.

        However the company that Mozilla just purchased was about targeted advertisement campaigns… “data-driven advertisements”

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