Comments on: Tech at Night: Privacy is unpopular, Leave Google alone, Apple app developers Union is silly

By: nancylee

nancylee — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:18:39 +0000

But it is very popular with me. I simply am one of those who had no idea that I could block trackers when I surfed the net.

Now I know better, and promptly installed the add-on that gives me browsing privacy. I like it.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:52:15 +0000

If you’re looking for someone who blindly regurgitates mainstream press reporting, you’re barking up the wrong tree.

By: edintexas

edintexas — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:28:34 +0000

I thought of explaining why a contained link should support the content and conclusion of the paragraph, but I can see I’d be wasting my time.

By: Joliphant

Joliphant — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:24:24 +0000

Even if they are one man or mom and pop outfits ?

So the idea is for the corporations to unionize to take back power from corporations ?

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:56:47 +0000

So?

By: edintexas

edintexas — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:40:04 +0000

Unless the linked article has changed since you included the link, or I missed an unstated/should be understood meaning, the article states that “Do Not Track” is unpopular with advertisers. It says nothing more about users of IE 10 than that future versions may put the burden on the users to turn it on. It also states that companies may claim to observe the standard while ignoring the flag and tracking users anyway.

I agree that people are both ignorant of privacy issues, and don’t really care about privacy. But I don’t see the linked article as being about people giving up privacy for “cheap/free stuff”.