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The reports showed ethnicity of the protestors. Is this inferred from ad preferences? Or, is there a database that keeps this?
by supahfly_remix 6y ago
The reports showed ethnicity of the protestors. Is this inferred from ad preferences? Or, is there a database that keeps this?
- akerro 6y agoIt's US so mobile providers, ISP very likely have such data from being voluntary provided by customers.
- jtbayly 6y agoAre you implying that US ISP's ask the race of their customers? I've never been asked by AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, Spectrum, or other ISPs I've used.
- ryandrake 6y agoI'm not in the business but I'd guess that an ISP can determine with pretty high confidence your race, ethnicity, gender, approximate age and approximate income simply by analyzing your DNS requests. And they probably have a lot more data than DNS.
- jtbayly 6y agoAgreed, but I wouldn't describe that as "being voluntary provided by customers."
- agakshat 6y agoThe report mentions ethnicity is inferred from browsing history, which they are also able to purchase from data brokers.
- jleach82 6y agoIt comes from many different places and is cross-correlated at many levels. From credit card purchase history to social media to phone location data, across multiple agents and brokers throughout the data market. See: Data Breaches, Crisis and Opportunity (ISBN 978-0-13-450678-4)
- supahfly_remix 6y agoThank you for the reference. I will look for it.