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Re:Invisible Manipulation: ways our data is being used again... by sveme on Saturday October 13, 2018 @03:20PM (#18209540)
If a company uses the tracking data to personalize prizes of stuff that you are interested in, you suddenly might pay much more than you think without ever being aware of it.
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Re:Invisible Manipulation: ways our data is being used again... by diminoten on Saturday October 13, 2018 @03:51PM (#18209672)
I doubt that a) companies would do that in general and b) the few that do are charging low enough of a premium that they're still competitive.
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Re:Invisible Manipulation: ways our data is being used again... by skummetmaelk on Saturday October 13, 2018 @06:46PM (#18210417)
You doubt that companies would do this? Amazon already does it. Airline companies use location heuristics.
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Re:Invisible Manipulation: ways our data is being used again... by diminoten on Saturday October 13, 2018 @09:21PM (#18210876)
> Amazon already does it.

No they don't.

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