Intel's CIP wants to collect the “categories of websites you visit”

Re:Intel's CIP wants to collect the “categories of websites ... by disintegore on Monday November 18, 2019 @11:44AM (#21565757)

I don't think this is even "somewhat" justified.

The legitimate way to acquire this information would be to purchase it from partners who have a legitimate reason to collect it. If you want to know how popular 4K streaming is, for instance, Netflix, Twitch (etc) can provide that information.

My uninformed guess is that the information would be far less costly and of far better quality than using some large-scale spyware deployment instead. Unless there's something more that can make it worth Intel's while.

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Re:Intel's CIP wants to collect the “categories of websites ... by gowld on Monday November 18, 2019 @12:02PM (#21565930)

Why is Netflix selling my data better than Intel collecting it directly?

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Re:Intel's CIP wants to collect the “categories of websites ... by disintegore on Monday November 18, 2019 @12:19PM (#21566085)

Because collecting data about streaming service usage makes sense when you operate a streaming service. I don't see anything inherently wrong with it so long as the information is anonymous.

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