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		TazeTSchnitzel on May 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Inside Google's Secret War Against Ad Fraud Google's ad network relies on knowing about the page the ad is embedded in both for targeting (AdSense) and apparently fraud prevention.

asdf99 on May 31, 2015 [–]

exactly. it is a trade off. user privacy vs price on expanding inventory. they choose the later

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