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Are there any publicly know examples of hackers that have used tracking data for malicious stuff. As nasty as it is to have a large amount of your web history stored in a profile, I don't see a clear path to crime (perhaps extortion). Or didn't I get the burglar metaphor?


Burglar => malware or phishing through ad networks.

Sorry for being unclear, I'll see if I can tidy that up.




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