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# Hahaha!
*clears search history*
(I helped save b3ta! Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:30, archived)
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Won't work. All they'll need is a single cookie or your IP address to tie you up with the stack of info they have on you. Or I guess a login to b3ta and they can group the whole file together - without your name on it of course. But nonetheless, everything you type on forums emails, whatever you buy, where to surf, how long you spend surfing there, even what typing mistakes you make will all be put together in a file about you. Thankfully the ICO ruled today it would have to be opt-IN.
(I helped save b3ta! Halk, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:33, archived)
# Everything we type on b3ta?
We're in for some strange adverts.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:34, archived)
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Everything that's sent from your PC across the intarweb. So yeah, you're going to get adverts for advice on cotdeath, kittens, kill it, and how to milk animals.
(I helped save b3ta! Halk, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:35, archived)
# Hurray!
To be honest I haven't paid attention to an internet advert for quite a long time.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:36, archived)
# Does anyone?
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:37, archived)
# Some people must do.
I can't understand why.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:39, archived)
# Well...
It's getting a bit more complicated now.

Started off it was banners - we blocked them.
Then flash - and now we have adblockers for that.
Then embedded content in pages - we can block some of that, but not all.
And now it's embedded ads on streaming content - we can't block that.

We'll get content with ads in it, or no content at all. And with things like Google and Phorm we'll get tarteted ads forced down our necks. If you're struggling with your mortgage payments, you'll get bombarded with ocean finance etc everywhere you look.
(I helped save b3ta! Halk, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:42, archived)
# As with most of these things,
the ideal answer would be for everyone just to not click on the buggers.
If they stop getting revenue from it, they won't bother spending money on it.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:44, archived)
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Yeah, but next time you're in the supermarket, or buying a car, or spending money at all, the decisions you make are in some way influenced by the adverts you've seen.

This is getting a bit deep for b3ta :P
(I helped save b3ta! Halk, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:46, archived)
# Yeah, but it's harder to pin down money well spent on subliminal messaging.
If they don't get any clicks, it'll discourage them. Same as cold calling and door to door sales, they only operate because some people actually fall for it.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:48, archived)
# Yes but
no one is daft enough to actually click them are they?
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:46, archived)