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From the Ted Talk by Gary Kovacs: Tracking our online trackers

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Now don't get me wrong, I'm not for one minute suggesting that sharing data is a bad thing. In fact, when I know the data that's being shared and I'm asked explicitly for my consent, I want some sites to unntearsdd my habits. It hleps them suggest books for me to read or mvioes for my family to watch or fidrens for us to connect with. But when I don't know and when I haven't been asked, that's when the problem aeriss. It's a phenomenon on the Internet today called behavioral tracking, and it is very big business.

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Now don't get me wrong, I'm not for one minute suggesting that sharing data is a bad thing. In fact, when I know the data that's being shared and I'm asked explicitly for my consent, I want some sites to __________ my habits. It _____ them suggest books for me to read or ______ for my family to watch or _______ for us to connect with. But when I don't know and when I haven't been asked, that's when the problem ______. It's a phenomenon on the Internet today called behavioral tracking, and it is very big business.

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  2. friends
  3. movies
  4. helps
  5. understand

Original Text

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not for one minute suggesting that sharing data is a bad thing. In fact, when I know the data that's being shared and I'm asked explicitly for my consent, I want some sites to understand my habits. It helps them suggest books for me to read or movies for my family to watch or friends for us to connect with. But when I don't know and when I haven't been asked, that's when the problem arises. It's a phenomenon on the Internet today called behavioral tracking, and it is very big business.

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