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I do wonder sometimes how all the data collected about me is actually being used. If anyone is buying it for targeted advertising or to observe trends for adver

I do wonder sometimes how all the data collected about me is actually being used. If anyone is buying it for targeted advertising or to observe trends for advertising purposes, they are wasting their money. I (and my entire family) aggressively avoid advertising. Everything is adblocked, and if it isn't adblocked I avoid it. I even try to avert my gaze from billboards and have bugged my state representatives to be more like Vermont and Maine and just ban the eyesores.

warkdarrior 2y ago
Profiling data is not only for advertising, but also for dynamic pricing, customer support quality, credit scoring, etc.
- digging 2y ago
  In addition to this forms of commercial discrimination, police and government agencies are free to buy and use data for their purposes, which we should not be fooled into believing is good for society/security on average.
verisimi 2y ago
No. Advertising is aggregating it. It will also be passed to the governance structure. In future, AI will go through what's already been collected to profile you and nudge you.
runamuck 2y ago
If you live in a totalitarian country, they can use it for social credit or to identify "troublemakers."
- isoprophlex 2y ago
  Also a great tool for the powers that be to engage in parallel construction, should you suddenly need to eliminate some political rival. If you collect enough data, eventually everyone is guilty of something.
  - ozim 2y ago
    Don’t forget about crooked clerks that could use it to scam normal citizens. Police in poorer countries takes bribes and takes advantage of people all the time. Political rivals elimination is far fetched for average Joe.
fwip 2y ago
Even if you don't see the advertisements, your data helps them build connections. [age]-year-old [gender] who post about [foo] also watch videos by [guy]. Recommendation: advertise [foo-related-widget] to [guy]-watchers.
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BobaFloutist 2y ago
Or, as someone once described it in another post, "a vast rube goldberg machine of privacy violations all working together to deliver the most precisely targeted ads straight into my adblocker"
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XorNot 2y ago
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diatone 2y ago
Or they’re successfully excluding you from a target audience due to lack of fit, saving money. Everyone wins

warkdarrior 2y ago

Profiling data is not only for advertising, but also for dynamic pricing, customer support quality, credit scoring, etc.

digging 2y ago
In addition to this forms of commercial discrimination, police and government agencies are free to buy and use data for their purposes, which we should not be fooled into believing is good for society/security on average.

verisimi 2y ago

No. Advertising is aggregating it. It will also be passed to the governance structure. In future, AI will go through what's already been collected to profile you and nudge you.

runamuck 2y ago

If you live in a totalitarian country, they can use it for social credit or to identify "troublemakers."

isoprophlex 2y ago
Also a great tool for the powers that be to engage in parallel construction, should you suddenly need to eliminate some political rival. If you collect enough data, eventually everyone is guilty of something.
- ozim 2y ago
  Don’t forget about crooked clerks that could use it to scam normal citizens. Police in poorer countries takes bribes and takes advantage of people all the time. Political rivals elimination is far fetched for average Joe.

fwip 2y ago

Even if you don't see the advertisements, your data helps them build connections. [age]-year-old [gender] who post about [foo] also watch videos by [guy]. Recommendation: advertise [foo-related-widget] to [guy]-watchers.

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BobaFloutist 2y ago

Or, as someone once described it in another post, "a vast rube goldberg machine of privacy violations all working together to deliver the most precisely targeted ads straight into my adblocker"

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XorNot 2y ago

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diatone 2y ago

Or they’re successfully excluding you from a target audience due to lack of fit, saving money. Everyone wins