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Inside the store that only accepts personal data as currency

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Inside the store that only accepts personal data as currency

#1 Post by Puppy » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:37 am

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/07/dat ... -ben-eine/

To emphasise that point, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab is running a pop-up shop in London called The Data Dollar Store this week. Inside, you'll find exclusive t-shirts, mugs and screen prints by street artist Ben Eine. The catch? You can only buy them by giving up some personal data.

Excellent experiment :lol: Many people think that "free" services like Google or Facebook that 100% rely on colleting personal data only for targeted ads are ok :roll: since you don't have to pay by money for that. Such a big mistake because your personal data are the most valuable commodity these days.
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Re: Inside the store that only accepts personal data as currency

#2 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:46 am

And that's why I still use Microsoft Office, and give little to no information to anyone else. My Data is MINE!!!
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Re: Inside the store that only accepts personal data as currency

#3 Post by Puppy » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:50 am

Yes, that's why I use my own mail server on my own domain. That's the only reliable communication channel. I created Facebook account lately (provided minimum information) to access some discussion groups that are unfortunately on that crap only :( While I haven't posted anything offensive, the account has been already blocked five times without giving a single reason. So it is something absolutely unreliable but comes "for free" :roll:
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Re: Inside the store that only accepts personal data as currency

#4 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:51 am

Private email domains all the way!! The only problem is when you give them the email and you say the domain that they are like "whaaa???"
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