The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and user manipulation
I think that a lot of Google and Facebook’s creepyness would go away if they’d just voluntarily respect the Do Not Track header.There’s no techical reason why don’t, just business ethics.That header is someone explicitly telling Google “I don’t want you to do this” _before_ collection happens and Google’s response is “we don’t give a shit what you want” and doing it anyway.The current model where you have to register with Google or Facebook and then hunt down all the options to clear data just doesn’t cut it because they’re still using that data. They just clearing it after use or hiding that collection or use from you.Facebook and Google could be looking at BATs as a way forward for targeted advertising without user tracking but they’re not in the “not creepy” business.