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forapurpose on May 16, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: US cell carriers are selling access to real-time p...

> when GEICO signed the deal to get access to this, they pinky-swore in a contract to only use the data certain ways.

Like Cambridge Analytica's deal with Facebook.

facetube on May 17, 2018 [–]

Exactly. Telcos recover damages, the products (read: users) who were damaged get nothing.

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