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Re:A/B testing gets misused to juice metrics in the short term by propogandist on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @11:33AM (#32071416)
beware that Meta/FB and Tiktok scripts are among those that siphon off email data even before a web form is submitted

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/some-...

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Re:A/B testing gets misused to juice metrics in the short term by idrios on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @04:51PM (#32075519)
This is a good reminder to keep your hosts file updated to block at least some of these sites' attempts to take your data.

https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

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