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Re:So What If Google Sends Me Targetted Ads? by agnosticmantis on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @01:06PM (#37325296)
> They then sell this data on dozens or hundreds of data broker platforms.

I wasn’t aware of this part specifically, so I’d like to learn more. Has this been covered in the news or something? This seems like a big deal.

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Re:So What If Google Sends Me Targetted Ads? by theprivacydad on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:25PM (#37326635)
I wrote a paragraph about this issue but cut it out for conciseness. I think it is worrying that if data is truly 'the new oil', it's really strange the names of the behind-the-scenes companies are not in the public debate.
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