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date: '2018-06-25'
title: 'AT&T buying web-based ad targeting company'
description: "AT&T controlling your internet connection, the media you use it to consume and the means to target ads at you based on those habits is truly a nightmare."
draft: false
tags: ['net neutrality', 'privacy']
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AT&T controlling your internet connection, the media you use it to consume and the means to target ads at you based on those habits is truly a nightmare.<!-- excerpt -->

Run an adblocker. Run a VPN. Skip as much of their media as you can.

_[Via Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1336343)_