Comments on: Should Online Advertisers Be Allowed to Track Your Bedroom Habits? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 16 May 2012 19:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Papa http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-46887 Papa Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:40:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/#comment-46887 The only thing they will market after leaving my bedroom will be a better hand lotion. The only thing they will market after leaving my bedroom will be a better hand lotion.

]]> By: Richard M. Smith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-46678 Richard M. Smith Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:10:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/#comment-46678 I feel a bit watched reading this article on privacy. More than a dozen companies are providing content on the Web page and therefore log my visit to the page at their servers. Four of the companies use tracking cookies and three use Web bugs. I wonder what sort of information is placed in a behavioral profile when reading this article? I feel a bit watched reading this article on privacy. More than a dozen companies are providing content on the Web page and therefore log my visit to the page at their servers. Four of the companies use tracking cookies and three use Web bugs.

I wonder what sort of information is placed in a behavioral profile when reading this article?

]]> By: eukaryote http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-46407 eukaryote Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:38:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/#comment-46407 "The companies who engage in targeted marketing say that they don’t need to be regulated by law" - yeah you do. “The companies who engage in targeted marketing say that they don’t need to be regulated by law”
- yeah you do.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-46406 NewEnglandBob Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:38:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/02/should-online-advertisers-be-allowed-to-track-your-bedroom-habits/#comment-46406 answer: no. That is my ethical opinion. I really don't care because I truly do not see adds on web pages. I never have and never will. I focus on what is important to me. They can target ads at me and use the names of everyone I know and it still wont matter. answer: no. That is my ethical opinion.

I really don’t care because I truly do not see adds on web pages. I never have and never will. I focus on what is important to me. They can target ads at me and use the names of everyone I know and it still wont matter.

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