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		troupo 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting A 14-year-old is unlikely to read/look at the same content as a 50-year old woman. That's how contextual advertisement works.

fragmede 3 months ago [–]

contextual advertising isn't targeted advertising, yes.

troupo 3 months ago | [–]

Indeed. So no idea what your argument is about.

BTW, targeted ads need to be 100% to 700% more efficient than regular ads to be as profitable: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016781162...

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