Re: It's not just Facebook. Thousands of companies are spying on you (CNN)

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From: hanc...
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:37

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On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 4:20:24 PM UTC-4, JimP wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:46:29 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> 
> >excerpt from CNN report
> >
> >For every article about Facebook's creepy stalker behavior, 
> >thousands of other companies are breathing a collective sigh 
> >of relief that it's Facebook and not them in the spotlight. 
> >Because while Facebook is one of the biggest players in this 
> >space, there are thousands of other companies that spy on and 
> >manipulate us for profit. Harvard Business School professor 
> >Shoshana Zuboff calls it "surveillance capitalism." And as 
> 
> Yes, the loyalty cards for stores that give a discount or email
> coupons.

Unfortunately, today consumers are basically forced to take out
a "loyalty card" and submit to tracking because the prices on many
store items are jacked up without the loyalty card.

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