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minus-squareEm Adespotonlinkfedilink23•18 days agoHow would they know how many Internet users they have no information on?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish32•18 days agoThey make a list of all internet users and then circle the ones they don’t have info on.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•18 days agoHow would they know any of it is accurate? Doesn’t matter. Advertisement has never been about truth.
minus-squareEm Adespotonlinkfedilink5•18 days agoActually, this raises more questions. If ZoomInfo is anything to go by, I’m about 5 different people, none of which accurately map to the real me. And that’s just me; there’s millions of bots and dogs on the Internet.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•17 days agoI think the scariest thing going forward isn’t some alphabet agency finding your anti-social messages. It’s some shitbox algorithm having a false positive and deicing you’re a threat to the regime.
How would they know how many Internet users they have no information on?
They make a list of all internet users and then circle the ones they don’t have info on.
How would they know any of it is accurate?
Doesn’t matter. Advertisement has never been about truth.
Actually, this raises more questions. If ZoomInfo is anything to go by, I’m about 5 different people, none of which accurately map to the real me.
And that’s just me; there’s millions of bots and dogs on the Internet.
I think the scariest thing going forward isn’t some alphabet agency finding your anti-social messages. It’s some shitbox algorithm having a false positive and deicing you’re a threat to the regime.