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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by dhimes on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @10:53AM (#16745156)
To add to this, what if the vending machine was able to dispense 1000 things? And let's say that you are diabetic? Wouldn't it be nice if the sugar-free treats were easy for you to find? And the organic stuff easier for those seeking them to find? Etc. etc.

Somewhere there must be an intelligent balance.

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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by freeone3000 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @01:37PM (#16747080)
That's an argument for good search and discoverability - a sugar-free aisle.
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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by robotresearcher on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @12:28PM (#16746305)
Amazon could be that machine, if we could rely on them to (at the customer's option) properly delete the customer's credit card number and delivery address when the package is delivered.
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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by bjpbakker on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @11:03AM (#16745283)
> Somewhere there must be an intelligent balance

In practice though this is mostly biased towards the revenue of the company selling the goods, not towards your health requirements.

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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by AndrewKemendo on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @11:42AM (#16745744)
It's in the interests of the company to align those however - so these don't conflict. If your customer is healthier and lives longer because of your service, that is beneficial to both of you.
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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by mrob on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @01:57PM (#16747313)
Good health of the customers benefits competitors too, so it's a type of commons. By the Tragedy of the Commons, it's in the company's interests to damage the health of their customers for short term profit. If they don't then a competitor will.
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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by admax88q on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @08:37PM (#16750817)
How did diabetics even manage to buy sugar-free snacks before Amazon's recommendation engine?

Thank god for Amazon profiling them, they must have been starving before.

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