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One of the very few things, and probably the last.

Data collection.

Right?

They want to have you in their files.

And a new password

Control and money

Big brother is watching and wants to track you 24/7

Who, then, accounts for the accounts? "...runs away screaming..."

And a password. Geez.

Data harvesting.

Data.

They need to sell your information for profit. It’s why the spam never ends.

You are the product

Palantir?

Not shit. It their way of control.

With two step authentication... for your safety

I’m so sick of creating accounts and downloading apps just to get discounts.

So they can sell your info 🤣

tracking

So the billionaires that own the companies can collect and sell your personal data! We live in an era now where WE are the actual product.

Capitalism.

Tracking you as a consumer whether it's news, social media, or online shopping.

To data-mine your personal information?

Arbitration was originally devised as a business to business mediation, between two entities on equal footing. It makes no sense as a business to consumer practice and IMO should be illegal. The power dynamic is too imbalanced.

Enshittification

A small price. Do you realize what smart socks can do?

Information on YOU, for them!

Uh...Big Brother needs to know everything and they buy that stolen info every day. I'm still waiting to get paid for all the information about me that has been sold without my permission

to troll more personal information

And they don’t provide the necessary security so your info always gets hacked! Should be a law or something that they must protect your data or get fined.

Data mining. Over it.

Because "they" want all our data?

It's difficult to Monetize your very existence if they don't know anything about you. If the signup is "Free" you are the Commodity

Not to ackshually, but I don't need an account for Tubi or YouTube on my TV, and I will never use one (Tubi really tried during the Super Bowl lol but no thanks!)

So they can have a more complete data profile on you. Think of the info the gov. has on you. Taxes, employment. They’ve requested and gotten gun registrations, voter, Medicaid, and SNAP records Now tik tok data. And don’t think Larry Ellison’s oracle cerner electronic health record is safe.

I hate that

Quick question. Why are you still a Republican?

Tracking. For selling your user data.

It usually helps me decide not to join.

but just in case, put a bookmark in your random book and put it at the end of the bookshelf.

That does not seem like unique passwords if you repeat the root.

Tracking and surveillance

and stick cookies on your machine.

The GOP and billionaires want all of our money.

Data harvesting

Yes a word would be better

I understand. It's all driving me crazy.

And a password! Why did the dealer need my password to schedule an oil change?

No requirements. Just expectations? Personal expectations? Not everything.

It's very annoying! Thanks for raising the question.

Money and commericals.

Yeah, that’s tyranny for you.

This. So much this. Every time I call a company and they say they have an app, I’m like flat out no. I don’t want another damn account, username, or password. Just no. They need to figure something else out.

To make it easier to get your data

Hell's TOS

Cause they are looking for new revenue streams. Wait til they start charging monthly fee for your heated seats in your car. They may be already.

So they can sell your data, or better yet lose it during a security breach.

Info, data. It’s sick

If it’s not important to me, I just don’t have anything to do with it. If there is a requirement to put in your email address prior to looking at a website, I just don’t look at it.

Data capture. I even preach for retail. Not to get rid of guest checkout entirely but to incentivise signup.

So they can somehow extract money from us??

Data is everything. The product is only a conduit.

So the government can spy on you & then ARREST you when you bitch loudly. I blame Republicans & stupid Maga most of all....but Dem's had Congress many times & didn't fix our laws before Donny could take advantage...Will he start killing Americans next? People are scared in America...

Sign up is free! Who ever charges for an account creation? WHO?!?

Yeah IM SICK OF IT

So the oligarchy can commoditize your very existence, basically stealing your identity for profit while you get nothing in return except more of your rights taken as they use the riches that generated for them to further commoditize what inherently belongs to you for their own self-enrichment.

Or an App🙄

Data collection. They want as much info about you as possible. Sad but true.

And once you have said account, you almost have to sell a kidney to get permission to log in 😖

So they can track YOU and YOUR spending….

And a password

Data!

Too bad you were never in a position of power to try and reign in this kind of corporate rape-fest..

bsky.app/profile/suga...

Palantir and other surveillance/tracking systems.

👆💥

One of the reasons o won’t have a smart TV. I read Orwell’s 1984.

In the good ole days it was wonderful that the only people who had your cell number was the people that you gave it to.

I really wish America would create privacy laws like Europe has You have to give permission for your data to be harvested in Europe www.google.com/search?clien...

Also worth noting that monetizing online surveillance involves nation states as well as big business.

Excellent point

I give fake emails and fake names

Stop the steal!!

Exactly.

DING DING DING!!! I hate all this "age verification" BS, we all know it has nothing to do with "protecting kids". For a while I thought about starting a YouTube channel, but now? No way. Several creators I watch have said YT has demanded their photo ID to reactivate basic functions of their acct.

France invented a wonderfully cost effective way to deal with mad king billionaires.

Third world leaches.

That is an excellent one word answer that truly nails it!

Exactly, and I’m sick of Mr. Kinzinger’s naïveté that he wasn’t partly responsible for this mess. He’s a Republican and these were his colleagues for years. He has the answers so why isn’t he dishing up the insider view point? WHERE IS HIS OWNERSHIP FOR THIS BS?

It’s the accountants out there who need work

So they can track and monetize. It's always "follow the money".

Capitalism

It is so ridiculous! You have to have an account to get coupons, recipes, hair style ideas, makeup ideas. You name it, there is an account for that.

Capitalism

Because you aren't the consumer you are the raw material for them to harvest data via app

Data collection

Wait till people realize a wishlist is just one of many forms of data collection and we do it freely 🤦

Because our lawmakers won’t regulate tech.

Tracking for targeted advertising.

Don't get me going on passwords

Maybe there should be regulation on data, yeah?

They sell your data.

I know I can’t effing stand it!

It seems like the need for accounts has evolved from a means of authentication and trust to a way to collect and track data. Perhaps it's a reflection of our society's shift towards valuing information over individual freedom.

Data=$

So annoying! Also, why does everyone want a review?

And a password

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Tracking Palantir

So they can demand a credit card number only to tell you 3 weeks later they were hacked.

data-mining.

I'll tell you once you sign in.

Hmmm.....it starts with Social Security. "That bitch!" tracking me....😜

Tracking

Not true! It requires you ALSO have an app on your phone now. All I want to do is track a shipment in the year 2025, I don't need another trojan horse, thanks!