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I am still waiting for the same article to be written about google so they can fix their shit too. I got phone calls from google cloud platform even though I a

I am still waiting for the same article to be written about google so they can fix their shit too. I got phone calls from google cloud platform even though I am certain I didn't give them my number. They even managed to find my real name even though the only place I used it was for the payment method in the billing account, with a fake name on the google account. This is way too much information to give to their internal sales reps.

bduerst 7y ago
You don't need to. If you've ever filled out a form anywhere online to access an article, it's likely you opted in to having your data sold to broker agencies, who sell it for lead gen. The same goes for magazine subscriptions, credit card applications, even debt collectors, etc.