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Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users (gizmodo.com)
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[โ€“] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now a lot of advertising is hidden in plain sight. They're articles, news stories, educational videos, youtube "content." Adblockers don't help when everything is either an ad, or social engineering.

[โ€“] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

All part of educating people to recognize ads