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It is very much not anonymized. It is trivially easy (albeit not cheap - around $10k/month) to buy access to mobile ad id data, draw a polygon around your house
by Hnrobert42 6y ago
It is very much not anonymized. It is trivially easy (albeit not cheap - around $10k/month) to buy access to mobile ad id data, draw a polygon around your house, and get all the “anonymous” ids. From there, you can see all other locations of those ids.
When they anonymize you, that just means they give you an is not linked to your phone number or account. It doesn’t mean someone can’t link it for you.
The best defense to this is to reset your ad id regularly. Or on iPhones, turn off ad personalization. I don’t know about Android.
- aminozuur 6y agoGoogle does not sell my data.
- Hnrobert42 6y agoNo, but third party apps do.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoTargeting filters can be used to reverse engineer your data.
- beervirus 6y agoBut they do turn it over to the government.