“Who here believes Facebook is unethical?” [hands rise]
“Okay, who here has added a tracking pixel to a site at a client’s request?” [hands sheepishly rise]
“Okay, now we return to the trolley problem…”
A++++ #drupalcon session by @drnikki
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You have the power to remove tracking pixels on your website, don't you?
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Well I don't have any to begin with. But if someone does and they're not Amazon/Google/FB/etc.-scale, their choice to remove it or not is not going to make any significant impact on the adtech/surveillance industry.
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Just like your choice to buy a hybrid car or ride a bike is not going to make any significant impact on climate change. Only imposing policy to force everyone (esp. the big players) to change can make any impact.
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Indeed. But everyone can contribute a little bit. Of course, smaller analytics companies are not that dangerous. Yet. Self hosting is better
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And some things can change from small choices. Always remember, the outcome of an election depends on a lot of single "meaningless" votes.
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And yeah, I am absolutely pro regulations to prevent such stuff, so we actually stop the big players. GDPR may be a good start, we will see.
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