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| DATE | 2016-03-26 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Wired and Privacy News
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Alexander HanffAlexander Hanff
Privacy Consultant
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Wired blocking access to privacy stories because I choose to protect my
privacy...
Mar 20, 2016
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Several years ago, Wired UK wrote a profile piece about my privacy work.
I wasn't aware they were writing the piece, they never contacted me for
any quotes or informed me they were planning to publish anything about
me, so you can imagine my surprise when I was approached at a privacy
event in Brussels and congratulated on the piece by several individuals.
It was really something quite special for me, being a Wired reader since
they launched and I have since contributed to many stories they have
written on privacy. One could accuse me of being something of a fan.
But if that same story were published today - I would not even be able
to read it and it is likely that many other privacy conscious
individuals wouldn't be able to read it either. Why? Because many of
us are presently using adblocking tools to protect our privacy and
security from illegal tracking, profiling and malvertising and currently
if you are using such tools, Wired blocks you from reading their content.
So today I stopped following Wired on Twitter because frankly, what is
the point? Their Twitter feed is used to promote stories - stories I
and many others can no longer read because we value our privacy.
I would much rather see Wired lead the way by forcing the adtech
industry to behave more ethically, than going to war with their readers.
As I said to publishers recently at an event in Germany - they are the
ones with the audience, they are top of the value chain and they should
be the ones in control of the content on their web sites - not adtech.
Sadly Wired have chosen to go the route of attacking their readers
rather than defending them by removing intrusive scripts from their web
site; it is a bizarre move and one I feel they will ultimately live to
regret.
I am ending this piece with a quote from Wired from that very same
profile piece they wrote in 2010:
"Inconvenient as it may be for advertisers and media owners, Alex Hanff
and his colleagues remind us that the future remains unwritten. They
stretch the conversation away from the easy assumption that being
digital revolves exclusively around consuming goods, services and
advertising. For that, we should thank them."
... but instead they choose to block us.
From Linkedin, which is itself a humorous twist on this story...
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Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps,
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