A good thread. Data brokers are a symptom though. The disease is regarding personal info as a good/product. It’s a morally bankrupt pov that society must reject.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netData brokers are a cancer. There's a direct line from collecting, retaining and processing our data to deepfake porn and phishing scams; racial discrimination in hiring and ICE roundups of migrants; targeted election interference and identity theft:
pluralistic.net/2023/12/06/p...
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