FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem

[marban]

https://www.404media.co/ftc-bans-location-data-company-that-powers-the-surveillance-ecosystem/

[toomuchtodo]

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/12/...

[dang → toomuchtodo]

We've moved the comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42309429, which has that URL.

(404media.co is banned on HN because its articles are behind a signup wall.)

[nmjohn → dang]

Why are other news sources which also have paywalls not banned? (nytimes, wsj, bloomberg, financial times, etc)

[dredmorbius → nmjohn]

Dang's guidance: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989>

(9 years old and standing.)

If you find that a previously-available workaround is no longer effective, do feel free to notify mods.

And as tptacek notes, if a workaround does work (and reliably, some are only very occasionally effective), you can also alert mods.

Mods can and should be reached by email at <hn@ycombinator.com>.

[tptacek → nmjohn]

Paywalls are fine on HN as long as there's a reliable linkable bypass.

[nmjohn → tptacek]

One of the standard link bypasses seems to work here[0] though. Is that not a reliable workaround here?

[0]: https://archive.is/BYCjp

[tptacek → nmjohn]

If we're flagkilling stories with workable paywall bypasses, you should ping hn@ycombinator.com (don't assume they see the thread), and I'd expect them to unkill it.