• viking@piefed.ca
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    12 hours ago

    Vitals? You mean location. They don’t give a rat’s ass about your vitals.

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      11 hours ago

      False. All data has value. Vitals can 100% be used to sell targeted ads for pharmacuticals, supplements, lifestyle brands, gyms, and more. Also if it has a microphone it’s listening to everything.

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        10 hours ago

        Not to mention your general health status to insurance companies. Bad health score? Worse insurance deal

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        What types of data does the US sell to advertisers? Do you have ANY evidence of the always listening mic? You’d figure after 10 years of this we’d have at least some evidence, right?

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          I don’t know if the USA currently sells data. It appears to be illegal but the current administration doesn’t always play by the rules.

          Have you ever used a phrase activated voice assistant (hey Google, Alexa, Siri). They are always listening in case you use the phrase. Amazon and Google both admit they record and stores voice data. Google sells ads based on search history.

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            1 hour ago

            So they aren’t, and the devices work exactly as expected by the public. I’m not shocked.

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      They’ll have a lot of fun correlating your media consumption and your vitals to know exactly what you like and dislike, especially about politics. Then they know who to target for layoffs, arrest and/or deportation.