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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by stinkytaco on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:48AM (#16029442)
To extend this analogy, it's more like they have cameras in the store and you are covering them up.

Where this analogy breaks down is when those cameras start following you from store to store.

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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by barrkel on Friday December 29, 2017 @09:47AM (#16029676)
Even for in-store cameras, the store owner doesn't have free reign over what they can do with that footage, certainly under EU data protection laws.
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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by marcosdumay on Friday December 29, 2017 @11:17AM (#16030162)
It is more like they require you to place cameras all over yourself, and the cameras are yours, not theirs.

I don't really know if one could require this. Seems complex. But add that the cameras are hidden (you don't know they are cameras) and it becomes a very simple issue.

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