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One could make a case for splitting the data collection activities from the ad sales business as part of an anti trust case. Or pass regulations and laws to tha

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• chimeracoder 3y ago
  > One could make a case for splitting the data collection activities from the ad sales business as part of an anti trust case. Or pass regulations and laws to that effect. That would be a net negative for privacy, because it would mean more parties having access to your data (without your consent or even knowledge). And given the state of security in ad-tech aside from Google, that means the chances of your data getting breached and leaked would increase exponentially.
• vineyardmike 3y ago
  That would be a pretty weird case to make. Typically anti trust is used to prevent a business from using market dominance in one market from entering another market. Considering they don’t participate in the data sales business it’d be a weird scenario to force them to start. I’d prefer we don’t force them to start. Gmail with ads seems way preferable to Gmail who sells your data to others.
  • hef19898 3y ago
    Well, I m affraid it is both, ads and data selling...