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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

764 points · 395 comments · lmbbuchodi

  1. thih9 · · focus · HN ↗
    I am once again happy that the EU is fighting practices like these via legislation.

    Some outcomes can be annoying, but the net result is still positive, for the consumers and their data privacy at least.

    1. fooker · · focus · HN ↗
      > Some outcomes can be annoying

      I'd classify mandatory encryption backdoors as an industry crisis rather than an annoyance.

      1. dspillett · · focus · HN ↗
        Which has nothing to do with the stalking of the adtech industry, unless you are suggesting that the EU might sell access to the keys to the likes of OpenAI?

        [though you are not wrong that encryption backdoors are a backwards step on individuals rights to privacy]

        1. Llamamoe · · focus · HN ↗
          Encryption backdoors by definition mean everybody who wants it gets hands on your data. You can't make backdoors only the "good guys" can access.

          And while, sure, adtech corpos maybe won't due to the bad PR, what about the Kremlin, criminal organizations, or your insane abusive ex?

          1. Barbing · · focus · HN ↗
            Rather tragic that less-technical folks in positions of power can find this:

            > You can't make backdoors only the "good guys" can access.

            incomprehensible. I’m sure genuinely so, even.

            1. Avicebron · · focus · HN ↗
              "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair
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