Two parties negotiated in secret ...

  "$1,000,000 per 1,000 keywords, contextual with no filters."

  "Any guarantees?"

  "None. But we've got listeners in every shop, every restaurant, and every possible meeting place, embedded in our products."

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  "How'd you gain their cooperation?"

  "Irrelevant. We offer discounts for merchandise through mass production. Our special material—the nanotech—cheaper to manufacture, more durable, and easier to recycle. It's always listening, and it's always transmitting to us."

  "How's it kept hidden?"

  "We listen. We know. We protect."

  "I want exclusive rights, no one else meddling ..."

  "Negative. We're neutral. We're information brokers only, that's all."