I was curious as to how it all works, from the FAQ: >The Spinner* sends you an innocent looking link. This link is sent to the target via text message. When th

I was curious as to how it all works, from the FAQ: >The Spinner* sends you an innocent looking link. This link is sent to the target via text message. When the target presses the link, a cookie connected to the link attaches itself to the target’s phone. From that point on, the target will be strategically bombarded with articles and media tailored to him or her. So it's using a tracking cookie and the victim needs to click a link before anything happens. More from the FAQ: >Thanks to an online advertising technique called "retargeting", the service makes sure that only the target sees the content chosen for her or him. I assume Google Ad's remarketing (or SaaS, "stalking as a service") is what was meant: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2453998?hl=en&ref_topic=3122875 https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2453998?hl=en&r... So as far as I can tell, the whole thing is just using marketing features built into Google Ads.