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Spotify Wrapped is creepy, meaningless – and shows just how much data big tech has on you
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2023
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What are they going to do, black mail me by telling my friends I listen to Taylor Swift occasionally?
No, but the more they know about you, the surer they can be that different groups of data belong to the same person. Since music taste is quite personal, it helps quite a lot in constructing a profile. And I sure hope you do understand that it isn't ideal that tech giants know everything about you.
They have my payment information. They don’t need to guess.
Yes, but you also won't give them your payment information every time you use the internet, or on every device, so often it might just as well be someone else on your IP address.