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

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From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:28

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hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com writes:
>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.
>

Which is why I patronize a grocery store that doesn't discount
merchandise for loyalty card holders.

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