<story><title>“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones in advertisements</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/how-to-block-the-ultrasonic-signals-you-didnt-know-were-tracking-you/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>danbruc</author><text>This is reaching the point where the only sensible policy is to flat-out prohibit all forms of adverting on any medium. Paying a company to lie to you is already a pretty bizarre idea but the invasion of privacy - online or offline - makes advertising increasingly intolerable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ogig</author><text>Child oriented ads are especially awful. We let some greedy people massively influence our kids just so they profit. I would ban every kind of marketing oriented to kids and youngs.&lt;p&gt;If you have something really useful and good for the kids, sell it to their fathers. If you want to scam their money then get out.</text></comment>
<story><title>“Ultrasonic cross-device tracking” embeds inaudible tones in advertisements</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/how-to-block-the-ultrasonic-signals-you-didnt-know-were-tracking-you/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>danbruc</author><text>This is reaching the point where the only sensible policy is to flat-out prohibit all forms of adverting on any medium. Paying a company to lie to you is already a pretty bizarre idea but the invasion of privacy - online or offline - makes advertising increasingly intolerable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rocky1138</author><text>I found it interesting that the FCC&amp;#x27;s recommendation was to build an opt-out system, since this is so obviously anti-human and pro-corporation. It shows where their interests lie.&lt;p&gt;This kind of system should be opt-in only, with hand-signed agreements.</text></comment>