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Gizmodo's tests find the College Board website shares GPAs, SAT scores, and other information with Facebook and TikTok via tracking pixels. The College Board has a years-long history of sharing and selling student data.

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[-] bdesk@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

That explains why I get these dumb ads :(

[-] tal@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It sounds like it's just trusting whatever people plonk in in searches, so you can presumably poison their database with whatever GPA and SAT score you want.

[-] nrezcm@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They asked if I had a degree in theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said when can you start?

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