So the CEO of online ads giant IAB made a pretty… remarkable speech, saying:

"These extremists (referring to privacy advocates) are political opportunists who’ve made it their mission to cripple the advertising industry and eliminate it from the American economy and culture."

And this, friends, is our mission statement RIGHT THERE.

@slothrop
Privacy is killing the advertising industry
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(...well, it won't kill it, but it sure as hell should cut down some of its worst excesses.)