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Not just "a little"... A LOT A good primer on the topic for the interested https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-google-e836451a959e https:

• jongjong 4y ago
  I sometimes wondered if the whole 'big data' craze was a symptom of too much government intervention... A projection of the needs of governments (not the needs of people). How valuable is people's data, really? I understand why people who work for the CIA are thirsty for data and believe that data is the most valuable resource in the universe... But why is the industry interested in it to that extent? It's difficult to dispute the value of people's attention and trust, but their data... Common. Data seems more like a bonus; a way to monetize people's attention more efficiently (e.g. targeted ads). The main thing of value here (from a free market perspective) seems to be capturing people's attention in the first place.
  • dontknowwhyihn 4y ago
    The book “Surveillance Valley” makes a compelling case that the Internet was created with surveillance as its goal from the beginning.
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  • judge2020 4y ago
    Google didn't collect that much 'data' (outside of strictly required website data for finding things via their search engine) before they saw the profit implications of a B2B targeted ads solution, which was realized with their purchase of doubleclick.