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Two days ago I was searching on Google for a model of car. About ten minutes later I get an email from my bank about their car loans. Very creepy!

I guess we can expect worse than that now?

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Want to hear something creepier? I was looking to buy a car a couple of years ago, and was checking out a bunch of car dealerships that were adjacent to each other. Shortly after I decided to return home (or perhaps as I started to leave the area, can't recall), I received a promotional SMS from my phone carrier about special car deals.

People forgot why privacy is important and why keeping records is very dangerous and shouldn't be carelessly, if at all, unless there is a genuine need for it.

Unfortunately, and I resent having to say this, I think humanity will need a new lesson before things can get better.

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