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Surveillance advertising in Europe: The adtech industry tracks most of what you do on the Internet. This file shows just how much.(netzpolitik.org)

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setInner234@lemmy.world
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Has that ever been independently verified? I remember the WhatsApp founders quit over FB policy to use messages for advertising, but perhaps they’ve changed course on that. You’re right, the metadata alone would be insanely valuable.

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Don’t think so, but it would be highly illegal in the EU if they would. Also kinda stupid, because they can gather enough information without reading message contents, like u said as well.

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