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ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoSamsung is also trying to make its ACR data more valuable for ad targeting, including through a deal signed in December with analytics firm Experian.
This should add to their profits.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Experian, the
social credit scorecredit rating company? FuuuuuckPlantJam@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Experian has a program where you connect your bank account and they monitor transactions for things that could improve your credit by a couple points. I’m sure they’re not also harvesting the rest of your data to use in their analytics, right?
ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
My jaw dropped when I saw that. Not sure how many people are aware if it.
grue@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That deserves to be its own headline. Something like “Consumer electronics companies now conspiring with credit rating companies to surveil the public even more invasively.”