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Re:Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea by tomjen3 on Friday March 05, 2021 @12:39AM (#26353199)
If I see an ad for healing crystals on some rando website, then I just think the website is stupid.

When I saw one on Facebook I was insulted, because Facebook thinks I am the kind of person who is so stupid they believe in them. You can write this of as not actual harm because it is only emotions, but it had a negative impact on me, which I consider actual harm.

The other issue is information leakage. If you want to show an article on your phone to a buddy you don't want the ads to be for adult diapers.

Re:Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea by lovemenot on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:31AM (#26355642)
You are saying you'd rather be better targeted?

For myself, I enjoy their failures. It's better to be wrongly identified.

And that ad for adult diapers alongside another for a plausibly deniable grape de-seeding utensil... More entropy FTW!