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arkh on Nov 15, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: No boundaries: Exfiltration of personal data by se...

All this started with the first ad scripts and invisible pixels.

It got really crazy with google analytics and then all social beacons. Now the only limit are the CPU and RAM available to the browser.

mschuster91 on Nov 15, 2017 [–]

> Now the only limit are the CPU and RAM available to the browser.

... and in Germany, the data cap if you're on mobile. Video ads with autoplay, tons of trackers, no wonder I regularly hit 3GB a month, which is actually the biggest package my provider offers.

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