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It’s also possible that it includes ghost accounts, for people who have been tracked but never made an account. All of those “Share to [Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/etc]” social media buttons that you see on web pages are tracking your activity, even if you don’t have an account with the social media platform. The company 100% has you fingerprinted and tied to a ghost accounts, and is tracking your browsing habits via those buttons. Then if you ever make an account, they simply tie the previously collected tracking data from the ghost account to the new account.
This sound so illegal. Like I don't doubt it, it just sounds like it should be illegal.
That’s because it’s immoral, but not illegal.