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How did Netflix know I was gay before I did? (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1386796

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Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230812233105/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66472938

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes. It’s many years in my past, but this was confirmed. Target still does their targeting but now scatter unrelated items in the ads to hide what they know.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

target still does their targeting

Awesome sentence