隐私保护
The Relationship Between Privacy and Advertising
Section titled “The Relationship Between Privacy and Advertising”Advertisers’ revenue primarily comes from ad conversions. To improve conversion rates, platforms need to:
- Increase user retention
- Deliver personalized ads
This requires collecting vast amounts of user privacy data. Platforms circumvent legal restrictions through:
- Complex user agreements
- Data exchanges with partners
- Disguised data anonymization
Priority of Privacy Protection
Section titled “Priority of Privacy Protection”Privacy protection is more important than mere ad blocking:
- AdGuard’s Chinese region tracking blocking rules (>400,000) far exceed ad rules (<100,000)
- Some platforms generate more revenue through privacy data despite having fewer ads
Behind Platforms’ “Thoughtfulness”
Section titled “Behind Platforms’ “Thoughtfulness””So-called personalized recommendations often don’t truly understand user needs, but rather serve as marketing strategies:
- “You might like this” actually means “We want to sell this”
- Seemingly thoughtful services mask continuous data collection
How to Protect Yourself
Section titled “How to Protect Yourself”Learn “cyber discretion” – control privacy leaks to avoid accurate profiling by platforms. AdGuard Private Service can help you achieve this goal.