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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Sep 2017

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Lukasz Olejnik

      WiFi & Bluetooth tracking is mass surveillance. Must be opt-in/non-compulsory. Let’s not sleepwalk into turning our cities into panopticons.https://twitter.com/lukOlejnik/status/913299203337670657 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Lukasz Olejnik @lukOlejnik
      I comment on Gizmodo. How is TfL protecting wifi tracking data? Is DPIA adequate? What about choice? #ePrivacy #GDPR http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/09/could-tube-wifi-data-be-used-to-identify-and-track-individuals/ …
      6 replies 29 retweets 56 likes
    2. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @aral

      Glad you suddenly find @PersonalDataIO 's work interesting and useful.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @podehaye @PersonalDataIO

      Sorry, I missed where @PersonalDataIO is mentioned in the article I quoted. Did you work on it with @lukOlejnik?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @aral @PersonalDataIO @lukOlejnik

      You couldn't know. We did the FOI that led to SkyNews' second-wave reporting. Got the documents to @lukOlejnik. Talked to @chesh.

      3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @podehaye @PersonalDataIO and

      …by the bullshit that is Adblock Plus / Eyeo by being on their committee. That’s was (and is) my original criticism. (3/3)

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @aral @PersonalDataIO @lukOlejnik

      Yes, I know and understand. I fear this has gotten only worse in your view since @incloud , @lukOlejnik and @random_walker have now joined.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @podehaye @PersonalDataIO and

      Yep. Sadly, you’re complicit in Eyeo’s privacy-washing of Adblock Plus.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @aral @podehaye and

      (& I’ll gladly and publicly eat my words and thank you profusely the moment you remove all tracking-based advertising from “Acceptable Ads”)

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @aral @PersonalDataIO and

      that shouldn't be a goal in itself. some tracking might be legitimate. which and how and under what requirements is a hard question.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Sep 2017
      Replying to @podehaye @PersonalDataIO and

      “That shouldn’t be a goal in itself” “Some tracking might be legitimate” (with reference to adtech) Yeah, we’re not on the same team.

      3:12 AM - 28 Sep 2017
      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Sep 2017
          Replying to @aral @podehaye and

          (In light of better understanding your stance on privacy, I retract my original criticism—you don’t help legitimise Adblock Plus. Carry on.)

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        2. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
          Replying to @aral @PersonalDataIO and

          I wasn't referencing the current state of adtech (which breaks laws left and right). Some tracking under the law is legitimate.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
          Replying to @podehaye @aral and

          under the law(s)

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        4. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
          Replying to @podehaye @aral and

          but "Acceptable" pretends to go further than just legal compliance...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
          Replying to @podehaye @aral and

          so for me the q is "how can tracking ads be done in better way, above and beyond the text of the law"

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        6. ultraDesign‏ @ultradesign_be 28 Sep 2017
          Replying to @podehaye @aral and

          Thing is that the general public is totally not interested in receiving personal ads.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 28 Sep 2017
          Replying to @ultradesign_be @aral and

          despite my best efforts, my wife is. leave your bubble. am trying to find soln for at least two people here, and by extension ppl around me

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        8. Mike O'Neill #FBPE #PCPEU‏ @incloud 28 Sep 2017
          Replying to @podehaye @ultradesign_be and

          If you agree to it,, when fully informed, & innovation can make it honestly more acceptable, then its fine. Win-win.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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