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Re:Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Custo... by pjc50 on Friday January 11, 2019 @03:34PM (#18886702)
> selling the ability to mass-advertise to a demographic that includes you.

A while ago there were some fun articles about "how to prank your roommate by creating an audience of 1 and running creepily personalised adverts". What's the smallest demographic you can define on google?

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Re:Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Custo... by vkou on Friday January 11, 2019 @04:11PM (#18887057)
I don't know - which is why I leave the caveat that some creative forms of harm with targeted advertising may be possible.
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