San Francisco: Don't Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing

The concept of “surveillance pricing” is just one part of a much larger problem and business model: corporations maximizing their profits by invading our privacy. The all-too-common business model is to systematically harvest, collate, and store as much of our personal data as possible, and then...
91 points by hn_acker 85 days ago www.eff.org 38 comments

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Corporations are increasingly profiting by invading consumer privacy through surveillance pricing, a tactic that raises significant ethical concerns. This article discusses the broader implications of data harvesting and corporate profit motives that affect everyday users.

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