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Re: by fisian on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:20PM (#39264661)
Halfway through the article has a list of "VPNs" to keep you "safe" from tracking. Feels pretty disingenuous.

I get this is a popular topic ("your phone is listening to show you ads"). And already had some non-technical friends ask me about it. So at least the article gives a detailed explanation about targeted advertising and fingerprinting.

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Re: by criddell on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:46PM (#39265140)
Except the VPN probably wouldn't help with this problem, would it? Their data isn't being intercepted by some evil MITM.
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Re: by borbtactics on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:22PM (#39264678)
My coworker and I had exactly the same thought about that VPN ad.
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Re: by pwg on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:32PM (#39264906)
It looks very much like a blogvertisment. That is a blog post written only for the purpose of actually being an advertisement for some product (in this case, for VPN providers).
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