Google Ads Customer Match and the Future of Doxxing

Google Ads Targeted at Literally One Person Could Be the Future of Doxxing
It’s easy for anyone to disaggregate your data, and use it against you
Patrick Berlinquette
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Jan 31, 2020
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Photo: Benjamin Dada/UnsplashIn December 2018, I wrote that when you click an online ad, your data passes through to Google, and a third-party marketer.
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Written by Patrick Berlinquette
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Founder of a NY search ad agency (like we need another). Finding humor in ad tech’s depravity. Writings @ NY Times.
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