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Re:Zuckerberg denies knowledge of Facebook shadow profiles by EquallyJust on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @03:23PM (#16814579)
Both Google Analytics and Facebook's interest based ads/"shadow" profiles work similarly.

You can opt out of Google's interest based ads via https://adssettings.google.com and Facebook's interest based ads via https://www.facebook.com/ads/settings without having to have an account with either.

I don't believe either "shadow" profiles are every associated with an account or personal details even when you make an account on the associated service.

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Re:Zuckerberg denies knowledge of Facebook shadow profiles by shock on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @05:49PM (#16816072)
> I don't believe either "shadow" profiles are every associated with an account or personal details even when you make an account on the associated service.

Based on what? Did you talk to someone in the know? Are you just speculating?

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