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Re:Collusion: A browser addon to demo how websites track you... by alanh on Friday July 08, 2011 @05:34PM (#2744204)
You don’t think newspapers and TV stations hesitate before publishing anything their advertisers wouldn’t want people to hear!?
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Re:Collusion: A browser addon to demo how websites track you... by nl on Saturday July 09, 2011 @06:32AM (#2745418)
It depends on the firm.

Given that there is a term for avoiding this (Chinese Wall[1]), many companies go out of their way to make sure this doesn't occur.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall#Journalism

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