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nulloperation wrote (edited )

When you see talks by Helen Nissenbaum, in the Q&A people are less concerned whether AdNauseum works but whether it's ethical.

At 46:55, audience member: "It seems to me that there's this implicit bargain that we have: that Google gives us lots of cool free stuff, like Search and Gmail, and in exchange we give them an ability to have a revenue stream. And so, if we're not willing to keep our side of the bargain, why do we get the free stuff?"

Helen: "I don't remember making a bargain."

It was also banned by Pale Moon for this reason:

Because this extension causes direct and indirect economic damage to website owners, it is classified as malware, and as such blocked.

I think it's awesome.

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Zerush wrote

I think that the problem are not the ads, but it's a problem with personalized ads by user surveillance. That is selling your privacy, only to see specific ads which Google think that it's interesting for you (and selling this data to others to make more money) This is the violation of basic user rights and should not be a means of making money from a company. There are many other options to earn money online than trafficking in private data and even putting its security at risk.

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nulloperation wrote

I think that the problem are not the ads, but it's a problem with personalized ads by user surveillance.

Adnauseum has settings for that:

  • Don't hide non-tracking Ads in the Hide ads section
  • Don't click non-tracking Ads in the Click ads section
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