Nyurenberg opens with a very important point - not only is ad-tech dangerous, it's also *just not very good at selling stuff*. The claims for the efficacy of surveillance advertising are grossly overblown, and used to bilk advertisers out of high premiums for a defective product:
https://truthset.com/the-state-of-data-accuracy-form/
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Cory Doctorow
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