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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by ardy42 on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @08:44PM (#22252770)
>> How about no free stuff on the web? Charge for services and make it illegal to sell private information without the subject’s consent and remuneration.

> Making it illegal won't solve much. E.g. FB doesn't sell private information, they sell the ability to target demographics.

You just need to appropriately specify what's being made illegal. You're right that FB could weasel out of a law that outlawed selling private information. They couldn't weasel out of a law that outlawed monetizing personal data without user consent.

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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by mdhardeman on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:08AM (#22263625)
Precisely. And then extend it further. Make advertisers responsible for the behavior of the ad marketplaces, ad tech, ad venues they're paying.

Make their only defense be cooperation in prosecuting the offending party.

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