Verizon Wireless sells out customers with creepy new tactic

[Zorro]

Source: LA Times

As far as corporate notices go, they don't get much creepier than this recent alert from Verizon Wireless.

The company says it's "enhancing" its Relevant Mobile Advertising program, which it uses to collect data on customers' online habits so that marketers can pitch stuff at them with greater precision.

"In addition to the customer information that's currently part of the program, we will soon use an anonymous, unique identifier we create when you register on our websites," Verizon Wireless is telling customers.

"This identifier may allow an advertiser to use information they have about your visits to websites from your desktop computer to deliver marketing messages to mobile devices on our network," it says.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20140425,0,2539606.column

[SoapBox]

1. Ha! And people are freaked out by the

NSA.

THIS is the type of no-privacy that ticks me off.

[Corruption Inc]

2. not to mention the 27 cookies the latimes site tried to load

But no worry, just "look forward" Amurikans and all crimes, from surveillance to torture, all just go away. Now let's go look at kitty cat pictures!

[blkmusclmachine]

3. ,

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[father founding]

4. Stalkers

If Corporations were people, You could get a court order against them for stalking.

[greiner3]

5. Use Firefox;

And get Adblock, NoScript, DoNotTrackMe and Ghostery.

With these you can block so much crap that comes with surfing.

[Jesus Malverde]

6. Verizon knows where you are and knows where you browse.

Location and interests.

Their data is better than facebooks, tho they haven't yet figured out how to monetize it. Looks like they are trying.