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[–] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Samsung is also trying to make its ACR data more valuable for ad targeting, including through a deal signed in December with analytics firm Experian.

This should add to their profits.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Experian, the ~~social credit score~~ credit rating company? Fuuuuuck

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Experian has a program where you connect your bank account and they monitor transactions for things that could improve your credit by a couple points. I'm sure they're not also harvesting the rest of your data to use in their analytics, right?

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