▲ 67 ▼ Hypothetical scenario: I am an advertiser and I want your personal data. How much cold hard cash would I have to offer you for you to willingly give it to me? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 60 points 2 years ago* (2 children) What kind of personal data? If you give me $5, I will tell you if I went grocery shopping this week or not. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 51 points 2 years ago (1 child) Look at that, without us even providing you any money you've already admitted that you regularly grocery shop. That's going in your file. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago *has... to... eat* noted! permalink fedilink source parent [–] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That data is likely already being scraped for free unless you always pay cash and never use any sort of customer reward card. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] w00@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) ..and don't carry a phone with you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) The grocery stores in my area are also full of video cameras. If I wanted to go full-privacy, I would have to wear a mask to foil facial recognition, gloves, and generic clothes that I change out of after I leave so I can't be tied to videos showing my face elsewhere. Then how do I get to the grocery store? Drive into the store parking lot with my license plates hanging out in the wind? Lol, no. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You drive one car to the store and another from the store, on both trips you switch cars midway through the journey, and you never drive the same vehicle twice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ultra@feddit.ro 1 point 2 years ago And doing that, you'd be instantly recognisable due to the mask permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 51 points 2 years ago (1 child) Look at that, without us even providing you any money you've already admitted that you regularly grocery shop. That's going in your file. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago *has... to... eat* noted! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago *has... to... eat* noted! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That data is likely already being scraped for free unless you always pay cash and never use any sort of customer reward card. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] w00@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) ..and don't carry a phone with you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) The grocery stores in my area are also full of video cameras. If I wanted to go full-privacy, I would have to wear a mask to foil facial recognition, gloves, and generic clothes that I change out of after I leave so I can't be tied to videos showing my face elsewhere. Then how do I get to the grocery store? Drive into the store parking lot with my license plates hanging out in the wind? Lol, no. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You drive one car to the store and another from the store, on both trips you switch cars midway through the journey, and you never drive the same vehicle twice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ultra@feddit.ro 1 point 2 years ago And doing that, you'd be instantly recognisable due to the mask permalink fedilink source parent
[–] w00@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) ..and don't carry a phone with you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) The grocery stores in my area are also full of video cameras. If I wanted to go full-privacy, I would have to wear a mask to foil facial recognition, gloves, and generic clothes that I change out of after I leave so I can't be tied to videos showing my face elsewhere. Then how do I get to the grocery store? Drive into the store parking lot with my license plates hanging out in the wind? Lol, no. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You drive one car to the store and another from the store, on both trips you switch cars midway through the journey, and you never drive the same vehicle twice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ultra@feddit.ro 1 point 2 years ago And doing that, you'd be instantly recognisable due to the mask permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) The grocery stores in my area are also full of video cameras. If I wanted to go full-privacy, I would have to wear a mask to foil facial recognition, gloves, and generic clothes that I change out of after I leave so I can't be tied to videos showing my face elsewhere. Then how do I get to the grocery store? Drive into the store parking lot with my license plates hanging out in the wind? Lol, no. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You drive one car to the store and another from the store, on both trips you switch cars midway through the journey, and you never drive the same vehicle twice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ultra@feddit.ro 1 point 2 years ago And doing that, you'd be instantly recognisable due to the mask permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You drive one car to the store and another from the store, on both trips you switch cars midway through the journey, and you never drive the same vehicle twice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ultra@feddit.ro 1 point 2 years ago And doing that, you'd be instantly recognisable due to the mask permalink fedilink source parent