[southernplaces7]

>There are many, many services offering data-for-sale on practically anything to practically anyone. I heard of one recently claiming it can reliably determine someone's porn preferences.

Okay but then why not name at least a couple such services. Also, if the tech industry isn't selling data to them, where do they obtain it? Again, I see lots of ambiguity here, and the example link from transunion is hardly revealing of anything.

[dylan604]

Credit card companies are known to sell data. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mastercard-credit-card-customer...

Mobile service providers are known to have sold data. https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-largest-wireless-carr...

Auto makers are known to sell data. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61711288/automakers-sold-...

You act like it doesn't happen, yet time and time again we learn about companies selling whatever data they can collect.

I can't believe we are still questioning this fact

What else do you need to know?

[southernplaces7]

I think you misunderstand. I'm not doubting that it happens widely and pervasively. It's evident that this is the case. I just requested examples based on some of the very specific claims made here despite many ambiguities in how they were phrased.

Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to include some links.

[dylan604]

For the most part, readers here are against it. Just because someone doesn’t know how to do it does not mean it is not doable. If it were not doable, these companies would not exist. I’ve already spent more time than I care on the topic. So if you want to think that people are collecting the data and not selling it to interested parties, the, boy, I don’t know. You can only lead hostess to water, but you can’t make it drink.

[southernplaces7]

Hostess? You mean horses no?

>So if you want to think that people are collecting the data and not selling it to interested parties, the, boy, I don’t know.

As I very clearly said above, I don't doubt it at all, I was just asking for any clarification on who to whom.

[JohnMakin]

and you were given them. so why keep taking this persistent obstinate line of questioning and persistent downvoting? it’s transparent and tired. industry experts chime in on this stuff all the time, it isnt anything done in backrooms or anything and is in the open. the only barrier to you not knowing is your own ignorance.

[southernplaces7]

Persistent questioning (usually a good thing for debate by the way. I wasn't asking anything unreasonable), because I was curious and hoping for some answers from anyone willing to provide concrete details for claims that struck me as ambiguous on hard details, even though I don't doubt the widespread existence of personal data selling at all, as I've repeatedly mentioned.. As for downvoting, not sure what you mean. I can only say I've never once downvoted a single comment in any time spent commenting on this site, ever. I think the whole downvote thing is detestable and infantile. I'll even upvote things I disagree with just to counter it if I see them go grey.