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I worry that Visa/Mastercard will use their duopolistic position in credit/debit/etc payment processing to gather more data and spy on consumers. I suspect Visa
by porpoisely 8y ago
I worry that Visa/Mastercard will use their duopolistic position in credit/debit/etc payment processing to gather more data and spy on consumers. I suspect Visa/Mastercard collects even more valuable data than google or facebook and they've already indicated they want to me more of a technology/ML/AI company.
With data being ever more valuable and a small group near monopolistic companies in position to siphon most of it, it's going to be difficult to lead a private life.
- YjSe2GMQ 8y agoGoogle is already on top of that data: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-an...