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Post by Fredo on Oct 23, 2013 18:05:30 GMT -5
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Post by Smilin' Jack on Oct 23, 2013 20:33:51 GMT -5
As you say, finally a ruling as to what the police can do with this. Fair enough.
Do most people realize that the GPS built into their phones and tablets can also be tracked and provide a trail of breadcrumbs that can used or sold? Do they know that they can turn the feature off? Marketers are experimenting by offering discounts if you stop in and buy something from the store halfway up the block in the next 30 minutes. The Starbucks across the street will give you a free cookie if you go and buy a latte right now.
There are far fewer limits on how that info can be used or used against you. Subject to the posted privacy policies and who reads those all the way through and understands the implications?
Stores and malls are starting to experiment with tracking shoppers inside their premises using the RFID chips in their wallets and purses. Before long they'll identify you and connect that to create a profile of your shopping likes and habits.
All in the name of a better shopping experience of course.
Amazon knows what books I've searched for even if I've not logged in.
On this proboards site right now, there are 4 blocked trackers that would have kept tabs on me here. Use DoNotTrackMe from abine.com.
Fredo, you and I presume Proboards, can see my IP address for heaven's sake. If I was that concerned about it, I'd use Tor to smudge it.
Who knows what the NSA's capabilities might be.
It's a brave new world.
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Post by Smilin' Jack on Oct 24, 2013 21:10:38 GMT -5
This is timely. Mozilla, will make this add-on available tomorrow (Friday). As I read it, Lightbeam will only expose the third parties active on a website that you visit. To actually block them, you'll still need to use an add-on like DoNotTrackMe from abine.com. LightbeamOh, as for NSA capabilities:
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