doubleclick was probably just a relatively small company, and litigeous america has too many lawyers so they just sue people for fun.
However google gmail, they actually read all your emails in order to better target ads. Yet no one has sued them to my knowledge, in any case they continue to do it. I don't see ads since I use adblock. so it's really quite irrelevant to me. On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Steve Richfield <[email protected]>wrote: > There is a "mindset" out there that I just don't grok. Perhaps someone > here can explain it to me. > > A while back Doubleclick.com was sued by the FTC over privacy concerns > regarding its prospective merging of other company's databases. As I > understand their intent, they would have used that information to better > select the ads they display, as displaying ads is their business. > Doubleclick then did some quick mia culpas and backed down from doing this. > > I don't know about you, but **I** would like as much AI or other > intelligence as possible going into the selection of ads that appear on my > screen, in the hope that not ALL of my time glancing at them would be > wasted. > > ... and, here I am, preparing a patent on a technology with the capacity > of going WAY beyond anything that Doubleclick could have done. What awaits > me when this sees the light of day? > > Further, Homeland Security is already going WAY beyond anything that > Doubleclick might have done, and THEY routinely throw people into nasty > dungeons and torture them, with little "proof" and no expectation of > subsequent trial. All Doubleclick was "threatening" was to not waste my > time showing me ads for stuff I am not interested in buying. > > Has the dream of an Intelligent Internet already been aborted, before it > even had a chance to be born? > > Does someone here have a clear perspective on this? > > Thanks. > > Steve > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-a88c7a6d> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
