Today, I saw a tweet indicating that Verizon will start selling your personal information unless you opt out. They want to sell three kinds of information: (1) [the] "quantity, technical configuration, type, destination, location and amount of use of the telecommunications services you purchase", (2) "the addresses or information in URLs (such as search terms) of websites you visit when you use our wireless service, the location of your device ("Location Information"), and your use of applications and features", and (3) "the postal address we have for you and certain consumer information such as your device type, language preference and demographic and interest categories provided to us by other companies (such as gender, age range, sports fan, frequent diner, or pet owner)".
We really need better protections regarding how corporations (or government) can collect and exchange information about people. In the meantime, I have opted out.
- Steven D. Brewer's blog
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