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Re:Why is everyone a bank? by kjs3 on Monday November 18, 2019 @11:22PM (#21570629)
Really? Wells Fargo isn't mining my search history using a black-box algorithm to decide without transparency whether to close my account or decline a transaction because I might have become a risk of some sort.

Not that they would ever do such a thing.

Re:Why is everyone a bank? by LordDragonfang on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @07:31PM (#21579964)
You literally just described fraud protection, which is something most banks nowadays use. It might be opt-out (or even opt-in) but that's very much a thing that banks do, and they get plenty of false positives with it.
Re:Why is everyone a bank? by plorkyeran on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @01:29AM (#21571042)
I'd rather have my bank abruptly close my account for opaque reasons than fraudulently open additional accounts in my name.
Re:Why is everyone a bank? by qzw on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @02:14AM (#21571185)
Why not both? With Wells Fargo you can have it all!
Re:Why is everyone a bank? by kjs3 on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:07PM (#21577676)
Well...latter is illegal and the former isn't (usually) so I think there's a bit of apples-to-oranges, but yeah you got me, as we've seen being a regulated institution isn't a guarantee of good behavior. I still think the incentive, opportunity and the inclination of Google to not act in my interest is pretty high.