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The Verge: Here’s why you can’t shake those unhinged political texts

EPIC · · US Federal · Privacy Law

“By collating all of this information, campaigns can try to infer your behavior, though they also might end up with outdated info, like old addresses that lead you to getting texts about a state you no longer live in (or even erroneous info that invites them for states you never lived in).” “’Errors in the … Continued

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