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Data brokers listen to everything, track your movements, buying habits, internet history, apps, app usage, buying habits, etc. Terms of service are meaningless
by AtlasBarfed 1y ago
Data brokers listen to everything, track your movements, buying habits, internet history, apps, app usage, buying habits, etc.
Terms of service are meaningless if they keep the extent as secret as possible. Facebook has demonstrably shown this and as shocking as it is they are restrained compared to lots of companies.
Especially when you can out source the full evil to a wholly owned subsidiary for plausible deniability.
And if private corpse know something, many foreign governments know all of it.
- andrew_lettuce 1y agoAnd who are these shadowy data brokers listening to everything. Heavy on the FUD, light on any details...
- AtlasBarfed 1y agoCarnivore was happening almost thirty years ago. Are you even that old? Since then everyone carries a device that tracks gps, usage, has a microphone and camera, that can be remotely turned on. Every site and app has a ToS that enables data collection. And there are thousands of companies collecting and aggregating and reselling. State actors can bypass air gaps, hide in HDD firmware, and that is 10 year old capabilities. And now they have usable AI to read the fire hose.