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Is there anything preventing a website that has access to your email address or name for that matter (ie because you created an account on that site) to sell the information between email and browser fingerprint to advertising networks?

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Nothing at all. Working with the data industry, I've been blown away by the links every advertising network is trying to make between the crumbs we leave all over the place. Expect your TV (not even a smart TV) to be displaying ads based on your browsing history in the near future, all linked by your IP address. The data industry will absolutely whore your data all over the place. Datalogix, BlueKai, and many others have raised millions to do exactly this sort of thing.

whoa, I didn't think of that! It's true and that must be the reason why all the European ISPs try to sell you

3in1 Internet Bundles coming with:

    * Wiretapped VoIP
    * Censored and Tracked Internet
    * Browser History based TV Programs and Ads

    (Online-Shops already do income based pricing)

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