Re: [projectvrm] It's bad when your daughter complains...and you ignore her...

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I wonder what the guy’s daughter thinks of the monkey idea. 

It looks like a joke, but it’s not:

<http://www.miip.com/>

"Miip is your personal co-pilot that will guide you towards your very own 
discovery experience. Over time, Miip becomes your trusted friend that 
provides recommendations that are precisely what you need at exactly the 
right moment.”

"Miip personalizes the discovery experience over time, by understanding 
consumers through conversations.”

Opt-out isn’t ready: <http://www.inmobi.com/page/opt-out/>

Talk about data leakage, on purpose: <http://www.inmobi.com/privacy-policy/>

A NYTImes blog story:

<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/meet-miip-the-ad-monkey-in-your-app/>

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> On Jul 15, 2015, at 2:10 PM, Don Marti 
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> begin Nitin Badjatia quotation of Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:10:37AM -0700:
>> I can’t believe I’m linking to Business Insider, but the story is 
>> interesting:
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>> <http://www.businessinsider.com/naveen-tewari-daughter-asks-who-spends-time-putting-these-ugly-ads-on-my-phone-2015-7>
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>> Miip sounds like a voyeur (or worse)...
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>  "Miip is an animated monkey, who will watch your app and
>  browsing behavior on your phone."
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> The offspring of Clippy
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> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/06/clippy-the-microsoft-office-assistant-is-the-patriarchys-fault/396653/
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> and Bonzi Buddy?
>  http://malware.wikia.com/wiki/BonziBUDDY
> 
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