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Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)

Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)

Posted Jun 8, 2012 7:38 UTC (Fri) by michaeljt (subscriber, #39183)
In reply to: Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review) by slashdot
Parent article: Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)

> They could just ship AdBlock (and perhaps Ghostery) enabled by default.
>
> But I'm not sure I like that, I kind of like the fact that millions of idiots who don't run those are willing to fund the web sites I visit, while I can reap benefits without suffering the ads and tracking.

AdBlock now has an option not to block unobtrusive advertising. To put it in the context of the article, let's see if that works as well as blocking pop-up windows.


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