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Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users (gizmodo.com)
submitted 3 months ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 15 points 3 months ago

Start teaching people to ignore ads. I know I do, and it's something my parents taught me when I was younger.

It won't help with data collection, but it will make it a lot harder for these assholes to put the pieces together.

[-] tfm@europe.pub 14 points 3 months ago

How about teaching them to install Adblockers?

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago

Only helps wherever adblockers work, but I'm all for a multiple discipline approach!

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

The only place adblockers don't work is real world billboards.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

Honestly whats even the point. It shows that she is losing income and will buy cheaper juice so its advertising cheaper juice brands which she is going to buy anyway. It honestly seems very stupid.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

You could make the argument that someone could guide her to a specific cheap brand, but I agree that it's stupid

[-] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Now a lot of advertising is hidden in plain sight. They're articles, news stories, educational videos, youtube "content." Adblockers don't help when everything is either an ad, or social engineering.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

All part of educating people to recognize ads

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