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amelius
26 days ago
My bank somehow isn't selling my transaction data to the highest bidder though.
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dml2135
26 days ago
Your bank is very likely doing just that. They even send you a notice about it every year.
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Sytten
26 days ago
You sure about that? Visa/Mastercars certainly are selling at least aggregated data if not more.
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kube-system
26 days ago
Yes they do, and hedge funds buy it so they have consumer spending data before the rest of the market does.
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