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Google will update Maps to prevent authorities from accessing location history data - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You'd be surprised how blatantly companies sell very personal data on a person. Google's not going to do it openly because of pr, but a little subsidiary might

Google probably isn't going to sell everything, but it's pretty likely there's an offshoot company who will sell individual data.

Their data is indeed their golden goose, but if they sell data for individuals at $300 or even $10 a pop, no one is going to get enough of their dataset to compete. They could even rate limit... Although if companies start to pay a billion or 10 to get full data dumps on a country, they might refocus on collection.

After all, the data isn't the true golden goose... It's the golden eggs that they process and sell. It's their ability to collect data that's most valuable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I challenge you to produce a shed of evidence that Google sells user data.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here's a list of examples where Google was examined by the courts The first search on the topic I've made

I don't have a smoking gun for you, but I've got a dozen lawsuits saying that Google is lying about their assertion that they don't sell user data

It's not proof, but it's very telling... I'm not saying that Google is directly selling user info, I'm saying that you can buy a list of credit card purchases made by any individual from Equifax for $200

Google isn't selling information directly, but it sure as hell seems like they're selling it indirectly

I haven't looked into the issue deeply, but a casual search has only reinforced my opinion

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You think Equifax is buying data from Google? About credit card purchases? Google doesn't even have access to that kind of data. It's credit processors and credit bureaus that are selling you out. Credit bureaus openly do what people accuse Google of doing, yet the complaints about selling data are always directed at Google. People running credit bureaus must be laughing their asses off.