▲ 482 ▼ People Are Slowly Realizing Their Auto Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing Because Their Car Is Covertly Spying On Them (www.techdirt.com) submitted 2 years ago by Glass0448@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] adonkeystomple@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago (3 children) Can’t wait till all the genealogy companies like 23 & me start selling our genetic information to insurance companies. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 years ago (1 child) ... you think they don't? You need to read the fine print again. It's not proven where it's going, but they absolutely have the right to sell your genetic information and already do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yup... Your family has genes showing a history of heart problems? That's gonna costa ya! permalink fedilink source parent [–] drwho@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago https://gizmodo.com/23andme-is-selling-your-data-but-not-how-you-think-1794340474 https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/23andme-sells-anonymous-dna-data-to-drug-company-for-20-million/article_ea59fe96-79df-11ee-8473-47193d62656b.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/23andme-will-give-gsk-access-to-consumer-dna-data https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/377206-23andme-accused-of-having-fire-sale-of-customer-dna-data The usual warnings about "anonymized data" and "data aggregation" apply. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neutron@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It creeped me how many youtube channels I watched suddenly started pushing it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] beetus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Fwiw they're just collecting a paycheck. Sure it's scummy for them to not reject the businesses offering them the money but tbh I really don't blame them - I'd probably take the cash too. Depending on the channel size sponsored ad reads can deliver upwards of multiple thousand per video for the creator. If you see multiple channels with the same ads, it's bc the company advertising got a big budget approved, that's it. Imo just skip the ad reads (or get sponsorblock) and forget they exist. Usually the creator doesn't even give a fuck who's paying them or why. They are victims of the system too, not maliciously peddling garbage. I do wish they didn't have to peddle anything, but here we are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 years ago (1 child) ... you think they don't? You need to read the fine print again. It's not proven where it's going, but they absolutely have the right to sell your genetic information and already do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yup... Your family has genes showing a history of heart problems? That's gonna costa ya! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yup... Your family has genes showing a history of heart problems? That's gonna costa ya! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drwho@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago https://gizmodo.com/23andme-is-selling-your-data-but-not-how-you-think-1794340474 https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/23andme-sells-anonymous-dna-data-to-drug-company-for-20-million/article_ea59fe96-79df-11ee-8473-47193d62656b.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/23andme-will-give-gsk-access-to-consumer-dna-data https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/377206-23andme-accused-of-having-fire-sale-of-customer-dna-data The usual warnings about "anonymized data" and "data aggregation" apply. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neutron@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It creeped me how many youtube channels I watched suddenly started pushing it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] beetus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Fwiw they're just collecting a paycheck. Sure it's scummy for them to not reject the businesses offering them the money but tbh I really don't blame them - I'd probably take the cash too. Depending on the channel size sponsored ad reads can deliver upwards of multiple thousand per video for the creator. If you see multiple channels with the same ads, it's bc the company advertising got a big budget approved, that's it. Imo just skip the ad reads (or get sponsorblock) and forget they exist. Usually the creator doesn't even give a fuck who's paying them or why. They are victims of the system too, not maliciously peddling garbage. I do wish they didn't have to peddle anything, but here we are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beetus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Fwiw they're just collecting a paycheck. Sure it's scummy for them to not reject the businesses offering them the money but tbh I really don't blame them - I'd probably take the cash too. Depending on the channel size sponsored ad reads can deliver upwards of multiple thousand per video for the creator. If you see multiple channels with the same ads, it's bc the company advertising got a big budget approved, that's it. Imo just skip the ad reads (or get sponsorblock) and forget they exist. Usually the creator doesn't even give a fuck who's paying them or why. They are victims of the system too, not maliciously peddling garbage. I do wish they didn't have to peddle anything, but here we are. permalink fedilink source parent