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Why is that (that you want your browsing habits closed)? Would you expect your flying habits to be closed as well? Every business keeps a record of their customer, why do we attribute special derision to the same thing happening online? The perceived anonymity?

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The short answer: I don't fly anywhere to look at porn.

The long answer:

There are laws that tell the airlines and the railroads to whom they are not allowed to sell information on my travel habits. Restrictive ones. There are certainly laws against wireless companies selling information on my whereabouts.

Because NOYDB (or anyone else's, for that matter), that's why. Because my data and my devices should be used for my interests, and only with my consent if for someone else's.

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