>> it is truly scary isn't it, when you think about the picture "they" can build of you, and what can be done with it.
As long as it remains in the control of commercial organisations, probably not "scary" as such. But if Governments get hold of it then it could be a very different thing. It doesn't bear thinking what someone like Trump or the likes of Dominic Cummings could make of it.
Also, just to add, I realise I was not clear on some things;
Firstly if an organisation is able to obtain data from a variety of quite different sources, and then add them together, then the associations and resulting profile do start to get pretty awesome.
Hence the interest Facebook had for WhatsApp and Instagram. That's data on 4 billion people (I have no idea of the duplications in that) that they are collecting directly, never mind associations that can be made and add-on data which can be bought.
Secondly, don't forget it is happening to everyone. So you can be connected to others with whom associate further widening their ability to make assumptions about you.
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