Cory Doctorow on Nostr: But it gets even worse: by the end of the document, the authors propose a "user ID ...
But it gets even worse: by the end of the document, the authors propose a "user ID intervention" to give every Briton a permanent, government-issued advertising identifier to make it easier for smaller companies to do attribution.
Look, I understand why advertisers like attribution and are willing to preferentially take their business to companies that can perform it.
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