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Most data by itself is useless, even things we consider "private" like SSNs, credit cards, etc. They're like $20 for a bundle on the black market. But if you ca
by nexuist 5y ago
Most data by itself is useless, even things we consider "private" like SSNs, credit cards, etc. They're like $20 for a bundle on the black market. But if you can link that stuff to browsing, location, or transaction history? Anyone with that can read you like a book. It's not about what data is collected so much as it is how much data is collected - and how much of the collection can be traced back to you through a cookie or IP address. That's the big problem. Anyone with enough random data about you can put together your life piece by piece.
- totalZero 5y agoThe best defense is to reduce the size of the attack surface by living a life so bland that even perfect knowledge about you is altogether useless.
- afiori 5y agonot really, the real strength is in predictive power. face recognition at one point stored your face as just 13 parameters, maybe our brain can be compressed in 20 billion parameters and reasonably approximated by ml with just 100 million parameters. if you want to go to the extreme you can say that every bit of data you give to Google/Facebook/Amazon goes toward training this mooch of Human simulation engine (which would be different from general artificial intelligence)
- spicybright 5y agoI hope that's sarcasm.
- totalZero 5y agoIt is indeed.
- zepto 5y agoEven so, there are many people who adopt it as a serious approach to life. Some consciously and some unconsciously.
- spicybright 5y agoYeah, I'm usually good at picking up humor online, but I see so many people wasting their lives trying to appease corporations in ways that ultimately don't matter. It's very sad to watch.