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Why? I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm actually inclined to agree. But this hand-wavy "this should be illegal!" type of comment is extremely common on these th

• jeroenhd 6y ago
  All uninformed data sales feel icky to me, but data sales that involve actual payment history even more so. There's incredible amounts of personal information int he stuff you buy for your day to day life, ranging from religious items to medicine, and coupled with an account from a party like Google or Facebook, this pretty much completely deanonimises the otherwise anonimisable internet profile. You can get a new internet provider and a new Gmail account, but your purchasing habits won't change and are easily mined. A real-life connection between an online account and the stuff you buy in physical stores crosses a boundary that I think should not be crossed
• bordercases 6y ago
  It is like your are being spied upon, specifically to influence your behavior without your knowing.