https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-new-ad-settings-shows-how-dumb-targeted-ads-still-are/ > I'm as scared as anybody that all of my oh-so-personal data is being turned into a giant dossier that'll help companies and governments target me in all kinds of seminefarious ways. Shadow profiles and the like.  > But if Google's just revamped Ad Settings tool is any indication, those potentially privacy-penetrating algorithms are still pretty dumb.