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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by oliv__ on Monday May 28, 2018 @09:46PM (#17175859)
The economy does.
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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by wlll on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @05:39AM (#17177701)
Perhaps this is because I'm not an American, but my life doesn't revolve around "supporting the economy". The economy is supported when I go round living my life, not the other way round.
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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @06:50AM (#17177958)
Exactly. Also: free market works well when the aggregated signals from customers are honest. Then it allocates resources efficiently. Advertising is all about disrupting this mechanism, injecting and generating fake signals that skew the market.
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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by jadedhacker on Monday May 28, 2018 @10:01PM (#17175923)
For now.
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