Protip: no organisation that actually values your privacy will have a popup that says “we value your privacy” on their web site.
@aral Yeah, that sentence is always followed by some practical equivalent to "but".
we value your privacy
which is why we monetize it
@daniel_bohrer
Train a Bullshit to English translation bot. Make it available as a browser plugin. Don't collect anonymous user data, just watch consciousness rise
@garbados @aral
@aral Oh, they *do* value it. By the megabyte.
@aral This brings me to something I've been saying for years:
If you need to boast about it in a commercial, it's just about certain that it's not true.
Red flags: High Quality, beat any price, fast, easy, The Perfect ________, etc.
@aral
The ones that do pop a "we respect your choice to activate the Do Not Track" thing
"We value your privacy!" how else could we get money for it when we sell it on?