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• hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Your data is exfiltrated and sold for ads. You don’t even need to buy an ad, bidders on ads can see your data

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  • vin@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They cannot see my data, they can give target parameters like ‘show to those who are private banking customers’ or ‘show to females in the 20s with daddy issues’.

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    • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Fun fact: A zip code, gender, and a DOB is enough to have an 85% chance of it being you. It’s a very well-studied area. You are de-anonymized with very little data exposed, all of which Google includes in ad auctions.

      dataprivacylab.org/projects/…/paper1.pdf

      forbes.com/…/how-just-a-zip-code-can-tell-a-marke…

      georgetownlawtechreview.org/…/GLTR-04-2017/

      johndcook.com/…/simulating-zipcode-sex-birthdate/

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      • vin@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        And then what? I tell google to show my ad to a guy born on some date and in a zip code. What data am I getting?

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