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by HDThoreaun 1294 days ago
> mega companies don't actually profit from selling your data

Does anyone on HN actually believe big tech companies are selling data as opposed to using it to target ads? I thought we were over that long ago.

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What do you mean by 'actually profit' and 'your data' ?

For sure companies are still selling data from their platforms. Does that include what the company would consider to be a user's data? I doubt they are selling private contact data associated with their users but any user activity on their platform is likely being sold off in bulk. Whether they 'actually profit' from those deals is an accounting game.