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by wmf 1764 days ago
We saw the same pattern with phone location data. ISPs are selling the data in bulk ("don't worry, they're not selling your data, they're selling everyone's data!") to "responsible" companies who then re-sell the ability to data-mine specific IPs. The result is that, yes, people in the know can pay to find out whether atok1 loves to browse hacker news.