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Originally Posted by l0053g0053
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Looked about and this story has yet to go to a respectable news source... but
This is nothing new. Big data drives everything - your data.
And it's a pretty common political practice - look at Cambridge Analytica. But importantly, it's not the government doing it - this is private companies. Selling their information to politicians, but private none the less. If you were selling face masks or soap, they'd be just as happy to tell you who's buying. These same people are giving US citizens 'secret scores' on almost every aspect of their lives and selling it as a commodity.
It's a huge problem, the whole world needs better data laws. But it's not a COVID specific problem, just a COVID related case of it happening.