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Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by Benjamin_Dobell on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:59AM (#36253399)
From the link:

> Websites should not be able to attribute data of an ad click and a conversion to a single user as part of large scale tracking

I'm curious, do people generally care about this specifically, or is it the sharing of this information with third parties that's the problem?

I run Firefox with in-built privacy protection enabled and uBlock Origin. However, I'm not doing so because I want to stop the websites I frequent knowing which email of theirs I clicked. My concern is when they share my data with other parties whose services I'm not explicitly engaging with.

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Re:iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from lin... by brianpan on Friday June 09, 2023 @01:53AM (#36253826)
Attributing data to a single user is what allows 3rd parties to amass a detailed profile of you (by looking at all your data from many websites that all share with the same 3rd party).

I doubt people are educated enough to care about this specifically, but the tech industry should care.

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