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tshaddox 3 hours ago

> I don't know what the solution is

Just spitballing, but how about a total ban on behavioral targeting?

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analog31 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'd go further, with a ban on possession of the data, with a provision for statutory damages.

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badcryptobitch 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You can still derive a lot of info without having possession of the data through the use of PETs. There's a reason why companies like Google and Tik Tok make heavy use of PETs for their advertising products.

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gruez an hour ago | parent [-]

"PETs"?

	▲	JamesTRexx 35 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		So that's how my CAT and DOG aquired their new shiny toys. They sold my info.
	▲	tartoran 37 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, I have no idea what this acronym stands for.

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mwcz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

An environment like that is where SOLID, or something like it, could thrive.

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Teever 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We could just start to enforce the laws as they're written.

If I was to follow a stranger as closely as an entitty like Facebook or Google does and compiled a dossier on that stranger in many countries that would be considered stalking and would be illegal.

Incorporating and doing the same thing to society en masse doesn't somehow make it legal despite it somehow makes people disinclined to prosecute.

	▲	analog31 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think people are disinclined to prosecute because the odds are stacked against them. I'm thinking of an analogy, and I've mentioned this before in other threads. The concept of statutory damages, as I'm thinking of it, is that a certain level of damages are automatically awarded. For instance this is used for figuring out damages when songs are copied illegally. It eliminates the need to construct a unique legal theory and case for each and every instance. In this case it benefits the record companies, which is of course controversial, but something like it could also benefit consumers. If a company is found to possess your data, they automatically pay you X dollars, enough to make it a deterrent. You sign up with a law form that specializes in these cases, and they get a share of the damages.

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usaphp 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wouldn’t that increase the ad spend? You will need to show more ads to find your target audience

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__MatrixMan__ 2 hours ago | parent [-]

This would predominantly affect businesses where that audience is not trying to find that business.

Which sort of businesses are those?

	▲	warkdarrior 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> This would predominantly affect businesses where that audience is not trying to find that business. > > Which sort of businesses are those? Monopolies