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Datacoup sells your anonymous data for real, cold hard cash
- neil_s 12y agoI signed up for this service a short while back to see what sorts of numbers my data was worth. Just revealed basic demographic information, no bank details, and they've been occasionally paying me sub-dollar amounts themselves to purchase my data. I think they're having a hard time getting data buyers on board, but its still an interesting experiment.
- csdrane 12y agoI'd think there would be some sort of selection bias here. Perhaps that's part of the reason.
- colinbartlett 12y agoSince they state they themselves are the only buyers now, they don't actually have a competitive marketplace setup yet. Which means the numbers they give you are sort of arbitrary and wouldn't reflect what it's "worth" given competing acquirers.
- brianbreslin 12y agoAre they using yodlee for the bank integration? I am curious what my data is "worth" but am super hesitant to connect all my profiles to this site.
- minimaxir 12y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8382550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8382550