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AT&T and Verizon both want to run massive ad-tracking networks to rival Facebook

14 pointsby lnguyenabout 7 years ago

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Rjevskiabout 7 years ago
Not sure how they are planning to achieve that.<p>The only edge they <i>potentially</i> have is access to location data without a possible opt-out. Everything else is behind HTTPS, so impossible for them to track. Facebook can pull it off because people stay within Facebook&#x27;s services (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc). The carriers don&#x27;t have any kind of compelling service users would spend all day in.<p>This will fail miserably, and I&#x27;m very happy about that.
acct1771about 7 years ago
So, what do all their current trackers and such do, then?