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Agreed.

However, Publicis is a huge part of this, owning all kinds of data/adtech companies, and Epsilon, one of the largest consumer data brokers globally.
Exhibit 1:
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So both OkCupid (according to what we observed: fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/upl…) and Tinder's new 'safety' app (according to: gizmodo.com/tinders-new-pa…) share personal data including device IDs with Kochava, a massive data broker who claims to gather data from '7 billion devices globally'.
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Ok, this is devastating. It seems that almost the whole database of People Data Labs, a MASSIVE data broker who claims to have detailed profiles on 1.5 billion people, was left open on the Internet.
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