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Re:Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th by hnriot on Sunday October 20, 2013 @04:48PM (#6581408)
That's insane, maps collects huge amounts of data, google's raw material.
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Re:Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th by pedalpete on Sunday October 20, 2013 @05:10PM (#6581504)
But you'd have to assume that Checkout also collected lots of raw data about people and their purchasing habits. It wasn't as if nobody used the service, it just wasn't the most popular.
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Re:Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th by BrainInAJar on Sunday October 20, 2013 @06:26PM (#6581810)
Not enough data to be useful though. If they can't make behavioural predictive models of you to make ads & sell to the NSA it's not useful
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