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  • I can't be sure what it is but it just stuck out to me because it was so spot on and the job was actually roughly in my field which has nothing to do with the core business of that company.

    You are probably right and it's browsing history and not just any browsing history but the browsing history on this forum.
    Some of the things I could be a fit for:
    Luxury Garment Technologist
    Junior Blockchain Developer
    Production Co-ordinators, Eurovision
    Non-Scripted Commissioning Executive Apple TV+
    GPU RTL Design Intern
    Store Swapper London (PT) Swapfiets
    Temporary Videogame Tester
    Travel Security Program Manager TikTok
    Assistant Manager Foot Locker
    Part time News Content Editor – Polish/German speaker
    Volunteer with Elephants in Thailand
    Live producer - Mountain bike
    Witness & Case Review Officer British Transport Police
    Speechwriter/Editor Shell
    Luxury Travel Consultant
    Personal Assistant The Mail on Sunday

    Imagine one person could be all that.

  • It's also browsing history / clickthroughs / engagement of people that you are directly and tangentially linked to.

    That's the really insidious part, that you can't do anything about at all (short of installing all the scripts & ad blockers / cookie managers on all of the devices of all of the people in your wider network, and encouraging private & proxied browsing) . It's also incredibly valuable to the platforms.

  • Yeah, it's like when a couple talk about something and then one of them gets ads for it and they think "ooh they're listening" and not that "ooh this thing that we just spent 4hrs talking about, one of us probably looked at on the internet"

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