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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by krisgenre on Thursday September 13, 2018 @01:47AM (#17976348)
You can't really draw parallels with the virtual and real world. Starting at someone's Facebook profile pic is not the same as standing next to the person and doing the same.
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by ehnto on Thursday September 13, 2018 @06:08AM (#17977360)
But the tracking is in the real world. Adtech for tracking your presence in store and then online and connecting the dots has been in action for some time. You don't even need GPS enabled.
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