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Negrodamus strikes again: Data Collection Edition

AI companies and data brokers even resort to fake forms to keep selling our data

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#AI #DataBrokers #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Tech

AI companies and data brokers even resort to fake forms to keep selling our data

Act surprised! A new privacy study has found that data brokers and AI companies deliberately deceive consumers who attempt to...
Ben Lovejoy (9to5Mac)
#tech #ai #surveillance #privacy #security #databrokers

They do. But when the #DataBrokers and ad/message pushers have their own geofences, we see shitty influences (measles! Alberta separation! yay!) entering our communities as a result of interaction with their targets. We have a responsibility to protect each other, and to be sensible about the scale at which we can be effective.

It wasn't always like this. It has accelerated dramatically since #Harper's gutting of #Canadian content regs and the advent of social media targeting.

#canadian #databrokers #harper

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