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Nevermind the information is useless--it's the premise. Why not just track my bank accounts, so i can purchase their stupid gifts faster, or report to everyone when I'm broke. Or track when I'm looking at porn, or my heart rate, or whatever.
It's true, no one would really care about my doing any of those things, nevertheless, it's an irritating transformation of human society to this obsession on the individual and their inane activities, as well as a corporate invasion of privacy.
what you're doing, including Microsoft (if you use Internet Explorer).
They just don't make it obvious that they do, and they don't make it
obvious how to opt out either -- in other words, they do exactly the
same thing people are criticizing Facebook for doing.
But sure, for most of us tech writers, rich guys in NYC, doctors, digital executives, etc. - chances are we'll probably be just fine. Can't imagine my shopping habits will have anyone thinking very much other than I have great taste. ;-)
p.s if you keep disagreeing with me I'll make you buy lunch