Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 12 hours agoData Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Usersgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down13cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.worldpulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up1161arrow-down1external-linkData Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Usersgizmodo.comShowroom7561@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 12 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.worldpulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·11 hours agoHow would they know how many Internet users they have no information on?
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoHow would they know any of it is accurate? Doesn’t matter. Advertisement has never been about truth.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoActually, this raises more questions. If ZoomInfo is anything to go by, I’m about 5 different people, none of which accurately map to the real me. And that’s just me; there’s millions of bots and dogs on the Internet.
minus-squaresittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·11 hours agoThey make a list of all internet users and then circle the ones they don’t have info on.
How would they know how many Internet users they have no information on?
How would they know any of it is accurate?
Doesn’t matter. Advertisement has never been about truth.
Actually, this raises more questions. If ZoomInfo is anything to go by, I’m about 5 different people, none of which accurately map to the real me.
And that’s just me; there’s millions of bots and dogs on the Internet.
They make a list of all internet users and then circle the ones they don’t have info on.