• Ghoelian@piefed.social
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    12 hours ago

    Of course turning off personalised ads is good for privacy, but this post seems to imply it could help protect against this spyware as well. That’s not true, is it? To me those things sound totally unrelated.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      11 hours ago

      “Personalized” means “allow ad network to run scripts on your device without notifying you further.”

      It’s related.

      • Ghoelian@piefed.social
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        5 hours ago

        Umm no? Personalised means the ads you get served have been chosen for the interests tied to your advertising id. Turning it off just means you get generic ads not targeted to you.