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by raxxorrax 2586 days ago
Because targeted apps need information about you that some people do not want to provide. And don't care about ads..
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as long as that information is anonymised (and impossible to de-anonymise), i don't see the problem...
I don't think ad-networks would mind much that much if you shared your info with them.
It's impossible to anonymize; that's the point.