• @ItsComplicated
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    4924 days ago

    Samsung is also trying to make its ACR data more valuable for ad targeting, including through a deal signed in December with analytics firm Experian.

    This should add to their profits.

    • the post of tom joad
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      4024 days ago

      Experian, the social credit score credit rating company? Fuuuuuck

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        2924 days ago

        Experian has a program where you connect your bank account and they monitor transactions for things that could improve your credit by a couple points. I’m sure they’re not also harvesting the rest of your data to use in their analytics, right?

      • @ItsComplicated
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        1824 days ago

        My jaw dropped when I saw that. Not sure how many people are aware if it.

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          That deserves to be its own headline. Something like “consumer electronics companies now conspiring with credit rating companies to surveil the public even more invasively.”