If you’ve ever been “paranoid” about how ad-tracking data might be used to follow you personally, more reliably than a private eye — my friend, you don’t know the half of it. @acedtect This would a GREAT DTNS story—or a subject for one of your ancillary podcasts. (I’m a Patreon supporter!) https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ads-to-find-targets-and-vladimir-putin/
How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin

Meet the guy who taught US intelligence agencies how to make the most of the ad tech ecosystem, "the largest information-gathering enterprise ever conceived by man."

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