semanticpool

…a pain in the ass. Let me tell you this story.

I just saw this advertisement on Facebook:

and i thought: ‘hey, i want a cartoon character, too’ and clicked on the ad. What i got then was not an easy-to-use cartoon generator, but a weird page saying this:

By clicking “Click Here – It’s Free” below and downloading the Fast Browser Search toolbars, I accept and agree to make Fast Browser Search my default search provider, abide by the Fast Browser Search End User License Agreement and Privacy Policy, and receive relevant search results in response to misspelled or incorrectly formatted browser address requests. Tattoons only works on Facebook.

So i read the privacy policy and the license agreement and found things like this:

Further, MTWB reserves the right to use your: (i) Social Networking Site Information to serve you targeted marketing messages within the applicable Social Networking Site(s) and other online venues; and (ii) Site Data for tracking and, where necessary, verification purposes with MTWB’s third party partners.

So in addition to your character (i don’t know if you get one at all, ’cause i stopped the installation process) you will install a browser plugin which collects data and annoys you with marketing messages.