Re:Attacks against machine learning – an overview
by mortehu on Sunday June 10, 2018 @10:20PM
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Because the word "tracking" can include request monitoring for DDoS mitigation and scraping detection, or storing information purposefully uploaded by other people (e.g. photos and contact list), saying anything about "tracking" isn't very meaningful.
Think of how many people are being involuntarily "tracked" by Dropbox because others are backing up photos in which they appear, or emails they sent, without their consent. For better headlines, we could call this information "Dropbox Shadow Dossiers".
Re:Attacks against machine learning – an overview
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 10, 2018 @06:48PM
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The problem is laziness. “Call your Congressperson” is hard. Waxing lyrical about political distinction is easy. Imagining technical solutions to political problems is easier.
Re:Attacks against machine learning – an overview
by MereInterest on Sunday June 10, 2018 @07:11PM
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I'd say that there are two related problems, one political and one technical, and that there is no reason not to address both issues.
* Political problem: It is legal and acceptable to track people on the internet to an extreme degree. Political solution: Call your Congressperson, donate to the EFF, reframe the issue as corporate stalking, etc.
* Technical problem: It is possible to track people on the internet to an extreme degree. Technical solution: Restrict ability to collect data by using adblock, poison existing databases with reasonable but false data.
Re:Attacks against machine learning – an overview
by dominotw on Sunday June 10, 2018 @07:34PM
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is it possible to block facebook domain via hosts file or chrome extension?
Re:Attacks against machine learning – an overview
by itronitron on Monday June 11, 2018 @12:00AM
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-...