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This is a great example that should be used more often when communicating the risks and privacy violations and implications these ad trackers have.

Its disturbing to know that Google and Facebook have access to all this - they indeed know more about you, then you yourself.

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To be fair, I always use incognito mode when using this kind of website, but Google can probably track me through the IP address I guess.

And I also use PiHole at home.

Second-author here. Thanks! One reason I initiated this research was trying to find ways to reach people who may be jaded about privacy. Sex usually wakes people up. :-)

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