At least one TV maker collected and sold your viewing habits. The secure operation of a modern smartphone baffles many. Secret assaults on our systems are cloaked in deception. It’s a full-time job keeping up with the latest invasions of privacy. One way to perpetuate that process is to keep people busy with videos and fully distracted while staying under regulatory radar. Friday’s Particle Debris opens with Vizio’s collection of viewing data and continues with links on Oodles of Money to be Made Confusing the Consumer about how ignorant people are of browser tracking.
Check It Out: Oodles of Money to be Made Confusing the Consumer
Confusing the customer (voter) works to get oodles of money in politics too.
All the more so lately.