• VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Ho no it’s not just for advertising anymore. Insurance companies and more have started buying your info from data brokers.

    • Rufio@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Hopefully that means they’ll start giving me better rates!

      • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        No, they’ll start raising rates for people with weight loss apps on their phone, or refusing coverage for people who made too many phone calls to an oncologist, or got a lot of texts from their pharmacy saying “X prescription is ready.” Companies collecting medical data is very, very scary for a lot of people.