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How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin

By Byron Tau · Wired · February 2024

How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin

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"Meet the guy who taught US intelligence agencies how to make the most of the ad tech ecosystem, "the largest information-gathering enterprise ever conceived by man.""

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