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You are not the product. Exposure to you is the product.

• some_account 8y ago
  No its not just showing you ads. Its selling any information they have on you to ad networks without you knowing about it.
  • matte_black 8y ago
    ...so that you can be shown more ads.
    • class4behavior 8y ago
      ...which is made possible by both directly and indirectly collecting, evaluating, sharing or trading, and concatenating data about you.
      • matte_black 8y ago
        ...just so you can block and ignore the ads, all the same.
        • class4behavior 8y ago
          You're conflating control over personal data with one of the purposes for doing so, i.e., the presentation of ads. That is by far not what privacy or data protection is limited to. Not to mention that blocking or hiding ads or trackers is not the same as preventing the collection of personal information. Unless you avoid visiting a service entirely, depending on the implementation you may not be able to inhibit any of it.