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Data Tracking

Dec 23, 2015

Season 1 | Episode 7

Data Tracking

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Marketplace Tech and Tech Insider on data tracking.

How targeted ads for a pair of men’s sandals broke up one relationship, the researchers trying to keep data tracking honest, and the casualties of ad blockers. Listen, decode, and decide: Is data tracking evil?

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