roneooOct 2022Strongly recommends
To get an overview of these (toxic IMHO) companies, I strongly recommend this episode of Last Week Tonight: ▶ this video
in “Ask HN: Why do we allow Equifax, Transunion, and Experian to exist?” · View on HN
Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) on HackerTube: recommended by 5 Hacker News commenters across 6 separate months, 2022–2024.
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment explains how data brokers collect and sell personal information, including a stunt in which his team bought data to identify members of Congress.
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HN recommends it as an accessible overview of the data broker industry in privacy discussions.
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“I strongly recommend this episode of Last Week Tonight”
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10 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
praveenhmApr 2022Strongly recommends
Removing from google doesn't go far enough, the big culprit is the data broker. Displaying your age, is the biggest worry, among your friends circle. John oliver recently made a late night show on data brokers, threatening the congress members, must watch for anyone. ▶ this video
in “You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email or address from search” · View on HN
ethbr1Mar 2024Recommends
John Oliver may be relevant to your interests: ▶ this video >> "I am sorry to disappoint you; we are not going to do that." >> "Why would we? When we have already done it."
in “Auto Makers Are Selling Data on Your Driving Habits to Your Insurer” · View on HN
mixmastamykAug 2022Recommends
▶ this video John Oliver is informative here, though some of his jokes fall flat on this one. It's just not a funny subject I suppose.
in “Audible feedback on just how much your browsing feeds into Google” · View on HN
mixmastamykJul 2022Recommends
You may not be aware of the full extent of the problem. It's not just the "time wasting" of the old days, just ~15 years ago. Try these documentaries: - "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix - "The United States of Secrets" on PBS. - John Oliver on Data Brokers, ▶ this video There are others I can't remember off the top of my head. You may feel differently when you find out about companies profiting off the current (as in right now) whereabouts of your child.
in “Ask HN: How to deal with children's online habits?” · View on HN
thenaturalistMay 2022Recommends
Care to share some details? When it comes to privacy invasion the EU has been a champion in curbing massively intrusive corporate practices for years now. Some of it is awful yes, but other high visibility projects have been amazing. I'm glad to be European when I look at the insanity that is the American tracking and personal data brokers industry. I recommend a recent John Oliver on this: ▶ this video
in “European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids” · View on HN
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asix66Nov 2023Cites it
What ever happend from John Oliver's privacy exposé last year? [0] Seems he was going to submit a docket of info collected on congress people which was supposed to nudge actions towards regulating data broker collections and online privacy. [0] ▶ this video
in “U.S. military members' personal data being sold by online brokers” · View on HN
truxsMay 2022Cites it
John Oliver actually bought information from data broker to see if they could identify members of congress ▶ this video
in “Data broker is selling location data of people who visit abortion clinics” · View on HN
nowherebeenMay 2022Cites it
It didn't get worse because you can't see it. The value of Whatsapp is in the metadata. Not the UI/ UX. A bank used to keep your personal financial information as private. Now post-acquisition, the bank starts selling your personal financial information to insurance companies. To you, as an account holder, you don't know the difference because its all hidden away from you. Maybe you don't care because the bank hasn't increased your fees, but other people you don't know can now buy your data and target you. Here's how data brokers work: ▶ this video
in “Former Facebook, WhatsApp employees lead new push to fix social media” · View on HN
k4ch0wApr 2022Cites it
Data collection, anti-trust and privacy policies. Right now it is the wild west and consumers have no idea what is being collected and how they are being profiled for ads. ▶ this video
in “Meta earnings presentation Q1 2022 [pdf]” · View on HN
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