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[Emma Parker]

I was searching some information regarding why someone wants to hide ip address and I found this page and they have quoted something which I can't understand.

"Your metadata can be stored and sold off to marketing agencies who can then create personalized ads especially tailored for you. Metadata can also be shared with the government and other surveillance agencies"

My question is what is meta data and how it can help the government? and does this really happen?

 

[strophy]

I'm pretty sure you're just trying to advertise your VPN here, but I copy and pasted your question into Google for you anyway and got this:
https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/i...d-by-the-government-a-threat-to-your-privacy/

 

[royce]

You can read about metadata by googling or on wiki