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The difference is that back in “the days” (which sadly I am too young to have experienced), the information you were giving away usually stayed with who asked f
by Rjevski 8y ago
The difference is that back in “the days” (which sadly I am too young to have experienced), the information you were giving away usually stayed with who asked for it.
I personally wouldn’t mind giving some personal information away to a corner shop if it would allow them to serve me better (as in have more relevant products for me - even though technically they’d be making more money off me because I would be shopping there more frequently).
I do however mind giving out personal information when I know it’s gonna be leaked to thousands of shitty companies including Facebook and Equifax and be offered to the highest bidder, including those with nefarious motives.
- davemel37 8y agoThis is not at all historically accurate. List brokers have existed for at least half a century. Tracking advertising with coupons can be traced to the 1800's if not earlier. Catalog sales, mail order and direct mail businesses have been doing for the last century all of the same things we do today online. The only thing that changed is the speed and access of information. The same way we didnt hear about conflicts two continents away, we didnt hear about the stores reselling our data. Im not saying we dont have a privacy problem today, but its far from something new.
- jphalimi 8y agoThe scale of the tracking you are mentioning is nothing compared to what ads platforms do nowadays...