I worked with a guy who was implementing application monitoring for clientside applications. think of it like google analytics for single page apps. he proposed we could require users install a browser plugin to make it easier to track and monitor the users on our app with the added benefit we could track them on other websites like our competition.
one person in a room of about 11 people spoke up about the implications of privacy and the backlash we might have from our user base when they find out that we basically just installed a keylogger in their browser.
the only thing that stopped this plan from going forward was the risk of losing users and potential revenue loss.
my point in all this is to answer your question. no, most people have stopped thinking about their actions and are just creating “solutions” to problems that don’t exist.
You probably would have meant ublock origin and must have shortened it to uBlock, but just a reminder for others who don’t know, Ublock and Ublock Origin are different things, with Ublock.org and others being a clone and unreliable/malware (I am not sure on the malware part but just something I have heard but not verified). Use Ublock Origin on Firefox, and if you are using chrome, switch to Firefox but if you can’t for some reason use Ublock lite (manifest V3 version).
It’s wild how quickly morality falls to the wayside (and is subsequently paved over). Especially crazy to abandon one’s moral standing early on the path of solving problems that don’t exist to appease people who don’t care for a chance at the advancement of a career that you can’t take with you in a field that could be wiped out by a solar flare, all to end up making the world a worse place for subsequent generations (I’m not a bleeding-heart idealist, lol).
I often think about a few people I know who have psych degrees. All were told, in different years, that if they wanted to make money as a psychologist, they needed to get in with tech companies. Some even got job offers.
software dev here.
I worked with a guy who was implementing application monitoring for clientside applications. think of it like google analytics for single page apps. he proposed we could require users install a browser plugin to make it easier to track and monitor the users on our app with the added benefit we could track them on other websites like our competition.
one person in a room of about 11 people spoke up about the implications of privacy and the backlash we might have from our user base when they find out that we basically just installed a keylogger in their browser.
the only thing that stopped this plan from going forward was the risk of losing users and potential revenue loss.
my point in all this is to answer your question. no, most people have stopped thinking about their actions and are just creating “solutions” to problems that don’t exist.
Hey I’ve been in that room! I don’t get it, I can’t live with that for of thing. And this is why I only have like 2 or 3 extensions (all ad blockers).
Execs love this shit. I only had one exec who pushed not to do that or open Pandora’s box.
He made a ton of cash, cashed out, and retired at 30 something. Awesome dude, I miss working under him.
Out of curiosity, why 2-3 different ad blockers?
I run multiple as well. It’s like double-bagging it, except actually effective.
I have similar.
and have pihole on my network.
You probably would have meant ublock origin and must have shortened it to uBlock, but just a reminder for others who don’t know, Ublock and Ublock Origin are different things, with Ublock.org and others being a clone and unreliable/malware (I am not sure on the malware part but just something I have heard but not verified). Use Ublock Origin on Firefox, and if you are using chrome, switch to Firefox but if you can’t for some reason use Ublock lite (manifest V3 version).
They often do different things.
Privacy badger, ublock, https everywhere are just required tools.
Hasn’t HTTPS Everywhere been dead for years? Enabling forced HTTPS is a native feature in every browser now afaik.
It’s wild how quickly morality falls to the wayside (and is subsequently paved over). Especially crazy to abandon one’s moral standing early on the path of solving problems that don’t exist to appease people who don’t care for a chance at the advancement of a career that you can’t take with you in a field that could be wiped out by a solar flare, all to end up making the world a worse place for subsequent generations (I’m not a bleeding-heart idealist, lol).
I often think about a few people I know who have psych degrees. All were told, in different years, that if they wanted to make money as a psychologist, they needed to get in with tech companies. Some even got job offers.