On Dec 16, 2012, at 15:14 , JC Cannon <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm sure the authorities would get that information from the suppliers and > not rely on ad networks for security intelligence. I am not so sure. The ad networks have a much broader view of you than any one supplier (as do search engines). If you're looking to profile people, you want more information. Oh, he buys this…and reads that…and visits that site…and goes to these places…guilty! > > JC > From: Dean Willis > Sent: 12/16/2012 11:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ietf-privacy] ITU, DPI, and Deliberate Obscurity > > > On Dec 12, 2012, at 6:41 PM, Ashok Malhotra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If we could look at and, perhaps, even edit the info collected about us, > > that would allay our fears. > > Much of the info may be innocuous. For example, my database may say that I > > buy swimming pool > > supplies. That's just fine by me. In fact, it may be a good thing as I > > will discount offers for pool > > supplies. > > > > You buy swimming pool supplies? Chlorine and muriatic acid are components of > improvised explosives devices. They're also used in the production of > illegal recreational pharmaceuticals. You don't want to be on either list. In > fact, people whom the authorities suspect of something but that they can't > get any other way are not uncommonly busted on "possession of bomb-making > supplies" or "possession of drug-manufactuing equipment" for something as > innocent as bleaching their pool or fertilizing their gardens. > > -- > Dean > _______________________________________________ > ietf-privacy mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-privacy > _______________________________________________ > ietf-privacy mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-privacy David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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