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Here4money said:
I don't even have an account, but can see trends the sheeple follow. Was hoping the whole selling personal data for profit would've been water under the bridge by now.
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Pretty much every single app that you have on your phone sells personal data for profit not just FB.

I will give you an example. I know a consultant that instructed the employees of a small company to download a free game. The consultant knew the owners of the free game. A week later the consultant went back to the company. The consultant then started to tell the individual employees some of the following:
  1. What time they would wake up in the morning
  2. What time they would go to bed
  3. What they would eat
  4. List of their friends
  5. Their interest
  6. List of their hobbies
  7. What tv shows they like
  8. Where they shop
  9. etc.
This was from a free game.

The vast majority of apps gather personal information and use it to make money.

Do you actually think that all of those apps are "free"?
 
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