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Introducing transparent ads in Microsoft Edge Preview
Today, we’re experimenting with transparent ads in the latest Canary build of Microsoft Edge. Transparent ads have been designed to raise the bar on transparency and control with new privacy standard...
Let me get this straight. Transparent ad providers will be allowed to 'force' trackers on users without ability to block them. Right ? This really muddies the waters on tracking protection, prevention, and privacy. I can understand ads appearing when appropriate, but not tracking and cookies being collected without my permission and then having these 3rd parties then sharing, selling, or breaching personal information that was not permitted in the first place. The continued 'generic' agreement button is out of touch with privacy concerns today and nearly all sites do not clearly or specifically detail exactly what information is collected and why.
Back in the day... . Websites were concerned about being able to provide you with services without messing up your systems or files. Today it seems like they don't care and publish 20 -30 pages of legal jargon and technical terms that discourage users from reading them in the first place. When users spend 80% effort and get 20% results they no longer need the thing that was once a helpful tool. There is some corporate greed at work here at the expense of personal security and freedoms. How many people left broadcast TV when the minutes of advertising became greater than the viewing part ? Have to be careful about that cost / benefit ratio...
Transparent Ads could be interesting program but no control of tracking / cookies is a fail. It crosses the privacy line ...
Back in the day... . Websites were concerned about being able to provide you with services without messing up your systems or files. Today it seems like they don't care and publish 20 -30 pages of legal jargon and technical terms that discourage users from reading them in the first place. When users spend 80% effort and get 20% results they no longer need the thing that was once a helpful tool. There is some corporate greed at work here at the expense of personal security and freedoms. How many people left broadcast TV when the minutes of advertising became greater than the viewing part ? Have to be careful about that cost / benefit ratio...
Transparent Ads could be interesting program but no control of tracking / cookies is a fail. It crosses the privacy line ...