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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by TeMPOraL on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:05AM (#19043713)
Sure, data won't be used directly, it'll be laundered through ML. Doesn't change the final result - the data is used to sell you stuff.

Data laundering needs to be recognized as a thing.

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Re:Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s b... by alanlamm on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:27AM (#19044870)
not necessarily - the data could be used to understand overall usage patterns and preferences in the target population as a whole - much in the same way as traditional surveys and focus groups. If indeed it is put into ML which then tries to match the data with the actual participants, then I agree that that is misrepresentation and probably criminal.
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