There it is in The Guardian:
Internet giant Google has drawn up plans to compile psychological profiles of millions of web users by covertly monitoring the way they play online games.
Yep, “do no evil” Google has filed a patent on the process of building psychological profiles of its users for sale to advertisers.
Details such as whether [...]
Posted May 22, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: advertising, evil, google, online gaming, profiling, psychological profile, second life, world of warcraft. 7 Comments.
The Viagra and Cialis knock-offs being pushed in so much of the spam I get may be directed at things the recipients feel very personally about, but the message itself has never been personal. Well, it had never seemed personal to me, anyway, until now.
Clay Shirky pointed out what I’ve started to see, and wonder [...]
Posted March 13, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: cialis, personal, personalization, profiling, spam, spam filtering, spam filters, this stock is going to explode, viagra. One Comment.
