> match your customer with data about them from countless other sources With so many data sources, it should be easy to find proxies for protected classes (rac

> match your customer with data about them from countless other sources With so many data sources, it should be easy to find proxies for protected classes (race, sex, etc). Indirect discrimination was (and still is[2]) used to enforce racial segregation ("redlining"[1]). Facebook was recently caught[3] enabling direct discrimination. I wonder if your roommate cares that his company is probably doing the same thing indirectly. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining [2] https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2015/HUDNo_15-064b https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releas... [3] https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-lets-advertisers-exclude-users-by-race https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-lets-advertisers...