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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by SquareWheel on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:38AM (#18031854)
That doesn't even make sense. Google is the ad company. If they "sold your data" as claimed, they'd be giving away their biggest advantage to their competitors.
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by flyinglizard on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:50AM (#18031941)
Isn't that just selling user data with extra steps?
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by SquareWheel on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:53AM (#18031971)
It's using data to their advantage, but no it's not being sold.
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by visarga on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:53AM (#18032431)
Using data to target ads is still data exfiltration.
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by visarga on Friday September 21, 2018 @10:22AM (#18039877)
Because the destination knows the targeting and the IPs.
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by dragonwriter on Thursday September 20, 2018 @06:46PM (#18036017)
No, in the same way that selling wheat isn't selling land with extra steps.
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