Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Usersgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down14
arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkData Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Usersgizmodo.comShowroom7561@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前message-square23fedilink
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 年前How would they know how many Internet users they have no information on?
minus-squaresittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 年前They make a list of all internet users and then circle the ones they don’t have info on.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 年前How would they know any of it is accurate? Doesn’t matter. Advertisement has never been about truth.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 年前Actually, this raises more questions. If ZoomInfo is anything to go by, I’m about 5 different people, none of which accurately map to the real me. And that’s just me; there’s millions of bots and dogs on the Internet.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前I think the scariest thing going forward isn’t some alphabet agency finding your anti-social messages. It’s some shitbox algorithm having a false positive and deicing you’re a threat to the regime.
How would they know how many Internet users they have no information on?
They make a list of all internet users and then circle the ones they don’t have info on.
How would they know any of it is accurate?
Doesn’t matter. Advertisement has never been about truth.
Actually, this raises more questions. If ZoomInfo is anything to go by, I’m about 5 different people, none of which accurately map to the real me.
And that’s just me; there’s millions of bots and dogs on the Internet.
I think the scariest thing going forward isn’t some alphabet agency finding your anti-social messages. It’s some shitbox algorithm having a false positive and deicing you’re a threat to the regime.