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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Fun fact: it is trivially easy and costs $0 to track an individual through their ad identifier. They’re not supposed to uniquely identify people, but you really just have to drill down like a dozen or so variables and you’ll uniquely identify just about anyone with a smart phone.

    Hey, random person for whom this describes, are you

    -Aged 30-34 -White -Male -Educated -Spends a lot of time near you work address -Spends a lot of time near you home address -Spends some time where you vacation the exact time you usually vacation there -Is a 49ers fan -Likes artisanal coffee -Android user -Listens to late 90s and early 00s metal -Wears pants size 38/32.

    Guess what there’s like 3 of you in the world. And we can get all 3 ad ids in the real time bidding market and track all 3 of you until we deduce which one is you.

    Now I know where any person for whom I perform these steps is located, basically in real time.

    It’s that bad. It’s a well known issue with I guess too much money behind it to fix? Idk.





  • My extended family has worked for companies in the Disney umbrella and as part of one’s retirement package, gets free admission to Disney parks for them and family members. They get half price hotels in the area.

    My sister and brother in law make real good money. Over a third of a mil a year between the two of them. They said it was pretty much breaking the bank/almost out of reach. With all that saved, it was about $10k per person for the 5 day trip. $40k vacation. Coulda bought a car.