[TeMPOraL]

Sure, data won't be used directly, it'll be laundered through ML. Doesn't change the final result - the data is used to sell you stuff.

Data laundering needs to be recognized as a thing.

[alanlamm]

not necessarily - the data could be used to understand overall usage patterns and preferences in the target population as a whole - much in the same way as traditional surveys and focus groups. If indeed it is put into ML which then tries to match the data with the actual participants, then I agree that that is misrepresentation and probably criminal.