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by gaius 2932 days ago
If they create a profile on you the cookies it's tied to disappear when you close your browser.

If they see you with an IP address and a cookie and a moment later see that same IP with the same browser etc does something else they will correlate them. There is a whole industry around tracking people who explicitly do not consent or have withdrawn their consent to be tracked. That’s why we need GDPR.