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Most likely. Many, many businesses sell their data to hedge funds through shell companies or 3rd parties that make it extremely difficult to figure out where yo
by brenden2 7y ago
Most likely. Many, many businesses sell their data to hedge funds through shell companies or 3rd parties that make it extremely difficult to figure out where your data goes.
- treebornfrog 7y agoAny proof?
- readarticle 7y agoThere’s plenty, to the point asking this question is somewhat indicative you don’t really care. Here’s an example from The NY Times a few weeks ago that topped HN. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/locat... Data -> shell -> fund pipeline has been a thing for a decade now at the very least.
- brenden2 7y agoI worked at a major quant hedge fund for a while, and my duties involved working with these data sets.