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Vitals? You mean location. They don't give a rat's ass about your vitals.
I assume they can already get your location from your phone.
They'll have a lot of fun correlating your media consumption and your vitals to know exactly what you like and dislike, especially about politics. Then they know who to target for layoffs, arrest and/or deportation.
False. All data has value. Vitals can 100% be used to sell targeted ads for pharmacuticals, supplements, lifestyle brands, gyms, and more. Also if it has a microphone it's listening to everything.
What types of data does the US sell to advertisers? Do you have ANY evidence of the always listening mic? You'd figure after 10 years of this we'd have at least some evidence, right?
Types you haven't even thought of. Every type of data is sold, and then derivatives of data are sold. Directly collected data, inferred data, guesses, it's all packaged up.
Where and by who?
I don't know if the USA currently sells data. It appears to be illegal but the current administration doesn't always play by the rules.
Have you ever used a phrase activated voice assistant (hey Google, Alexa, Siri). They are always listening in case you use the phrase. Amazon and Google both admit they record and stores voice data. Google sells ads based on search history.
So they aren't, and the devices work exactly as expected by the public. I'm not shocked.
Not to mention your general health status to insurance companies. Bad health score? Worse insurance deal
Exactly!