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Trying to get my credit union to allow users to opt in to sell bulk annon checking account transactions to a hedge fund. Having that much point of sale data wou
by crb002 6y ago
Trying to get my credit union to allow users to opt in to sell bulk annon checking account transactions to a hedge fund. Having that much point of sale data would be huge.
- ponker 6y agouh no, please don't do that. Individual decisions that seem harmless can be incredibly destructive in the aggregate, and this is one of them.
- computerphage 6y agoWould you mind elaborating on the sorts of harms you're thinking of?
- cbozeman 6y agoI'm not saying you're wrong, but I am curious what negative trends you believe will emerge from someone actioning this data.
- tmoaad 6y agoFor those that need an example, a great reminder is the target data mining story at https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/?sh=2e605e406668 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ...