Hi noname, On 3/29/15, non...@inventati.org <non...@inventati.org> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 09:58:42PM +0200, Markus Teich wrote: >> even then you are still in the anonymity set of „Hey look, that guy want's >> to be >> anonymous, let's focus our effort on him!“. > > Think again. Advertisers focus on people who would click on > advertisements, not the guys pretending to be paranoid, using Tor etc. > And NSA tracking you using UA is ridiculous. >
Advertisers usually only focus on clicks when clicks lead to immediate purchases. Otherwise, the sales "funnel" is through other "channels", and branding is the most important thing. The big money is in branding. In that case, nearly every case, targeting is more important than whether you click. And I am sure someone is selling Tor user traffic for a decent profit. If targeting is dramatically affected, the industry will be dramatically affected. That is why the other browser/ad vendors are not moving on resolving cookie issues, and are hedging a lot on browser profiling. Ben
