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Picture this:
- You type on Google "laptop won't turn on"
- Google now knows you have a broken laptop and can estimate how desperate you are to fix it.
- Because it knows how desperate you are, it can increase shop prices proportionally.
You are going to pay the maximum they get you to pay.
That's algorithmic pricing.
The more companies know about you, the more they can predict and sell how desperate you are to other stores out there.
An internet-connected car knows much more about you than you realize. A smart TV also knows what you like. Your Alexa knows if there is a problem in the home.
Privacy is much more than just sensitive data.
It's about not giving leverage away.
Because algorithms will use it against you.
Be safe out there.
This is the biggest tinfoil hat wearing bullshit conspiracy theory I've seen outside of a Trump press conference.
Maybe it is a conspiracy theory,buyt it does feel plausible and I think that merits some concern that it could head in this direction if we keep allowing companies to leech into our lives. We already have ridiculous situations like the Disney+ lawsuit thing. Who know what hasn't surfaced yet?
No it's fucking not plausible, there are alternative search engines, the moment google pulls this it gets to the mainstream media and people switch to Ecosia, DuckDuckGo, whatever,, then Google is hit with a massive fine from the EU