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by zentiggr 1833 days ago
So what happens when the tracking / fingerprinting / data mining that your industry keeps doubling down on, provides enough data for

-- your next health insurance change to triple your premiums because of that previous bill you had such a hard time paying down

-- your mortgage / refi / loan application to be denied for factors completely separate from your actual credit report, but have made it into a reputation system

-- you get quietly, passively bypassed for that job application from the reputation hit from that one really poorly thought through social media post last century.

Data mining and data stores that affect people's lives and opportunities, that aren't just obfuscated, but actively secret are a blight.