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Good point. The sticky point is privacy protection. Would you be ok with every single transaction you make being public? Even if so, many would not be. Selling
by pstuart 3y ago
Good point. The sticky point is privacy protection. Would you be ok with every single transaction you make being public? Even if so, many would not be.
Selling/sharing depersonalized data is hard to find fault with.
- doctorpangloss 3y agoIs it objectively true in general that default sharing transaction-level credit card data - in other words, I can see a (pseudo) anonymous "user ID" column in a table of transactions - benefits all of us more than default privacy? In my estimation yes, but this is a complex question. My point is that the EFF spends no time investigating this in a serious way at all. We live the reality I'm describing with Steam, which is millions of people, it's been going on for a long time, it's conceivable that even broader categories of transaction data may be prisoner-dilemma-style valuable to share. I just wish the EFF would engage with that 1 iota. Otherwise they are just another opinion in a sea of brand-and-celebrity posters.