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Re:After Facebook scrutiny, is Google next? by jacksmith21006 on Sunday April 22, 2018 @03:18PM (#16897969)
Not really. Google does search ads based on what you are searching at that time. Plus Google does ads with a call back so no data leaves Google.

The byproduct is ad blockers work by blocking the call back.

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Re:After Facebook scrutiny, is Google next? by craftyguy on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:25PM (#16898378)
They most definitely tailor ads to your personal data.
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Re:After Facebook scrutiny, is Google next? by jacksmith21006 on Sunday April 22, 2018 @06:04PM (#16898877)
Target ads but do not sell personal data and have thought out a nice architecture so your data stays at Google. They use a call back for the ad so a third party site does not get any data. Also why ad blockers work.
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Re:After Facebook scrutiny, is Google next? by craftyguy on Sunday April 22, 2018 @06:40PM (#16899067)
I never said they sold your personal data, I know they don't. But they still collect vast amounts of it that they use against you (advertising), and make available to governments if requested/ordered.
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Re:After Facebook scrutiny, is Google next? by jacksmith21006 on Sunday April 22, 2018 @06:49PM (#16899110)
I prefer the gov has to go through a legal process versus just giving all your data over to the government.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/apple-privacy... Campaign targets Apple over privacy betrayal for Chinese iCloud ...

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