A Wired analysis your data is shared with 1800 ad partners every time you visit a website. The extent of this tracking is misrepresented by burying cookie preferences under intrusive popups.
“Every single person we’ve ever observed in user testing doesn't read any of this. They find the fastest way they can to close it. They end up in a worse privacy state.”
Its never been more important to protect your privacy.
wired.com/story/cookie-pop-up-ad-tech-partner-top-websites
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