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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

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1957 points apokryptein | 1 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mickgardner ◴[02 Feb 25 23:48 UTC] No.42913128[source]▶
I find it fascinating reading hacker news, full of IT folk who simultaneously build software that enables and profits from the advertising and personal information selling & tracking industry - are also the same people who complain the loudest about it. Unbelievable.
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1. genevra ◴[03 Feb 25 20:58 UTC] No.42923018[source]▶
So you think individuals have control over how the industry works? The insight it gives devs is why some are so outspoken about it. This is a good thing.