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Re:I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your... by adam_hn on Sunday January 05, 2025 @01:52PM (#42603987)
But would you use it to show ads if you have access to such a backdoor? That's an easy way for your backdoor to be found out. Something like this, if it exists, would be too valuable to be used en masse.
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Re:I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your... by atoav on Sunday January 05, 2025 @05:37PM (#42605658)
Well if I am a secret service I could either try to force google to do it and risk a leak or I could find a way that there is something in it for them that has the benefit of providing plausible deniability?
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