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Why are tech company's so interested in my boring ass data? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Daft_ish to c/[email protected]

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Like why do they care how many times I go to porn hub every day or that nothing gets me harder than a free use MILF? Why do they care that I don't know how to spell consistency so I have to Google it every 3 months.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

individually, not important, together with a mass of collected data, over time, patterns emerge, those patterns can be everything from people, and people within your demographic, age, sex, location, race, education level, marital status, relationship status, and THAT is invaluable to corporations (and governments) in figuring out what to sell, how to sell it, and who to sell it to.

they say knowledge is power, and that's just what all this data from billions of different sources gives others, an overview of human interaction with each other, technology, and most importantly the things that motivate them to act.