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nostalgebraist:

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Buzzfeed\tis\tan\tentertainment\twebsite\tthat\tcollects\tan enormous\tamount\tof\tinformation about\tits\tusers.\tMuch\tof\tthe data\tcomes\tfrom\ttraditional\tInternet\ttracking,\tbut\tBuzzfeed also\thas\ta\tlot\tof\tfun\tquizzes,\tsome\tof\twhich\task\tvery\tpersonal questions.\tOne\tof\tthem \u2013 \u201cHow\tPrivileged\tAre\tYou?\u201d \u2013 asks\tabout\tfinancial\tdetails, job\tstability,\trecreational activities,\tand\tmental\thealth.\tOver two\tmillion\tpeople\thave\ttaken\tthat\tquiz,\tnot\trealizing that Buzzfeed\tsaves\tdata\tfrom\tits\tquizzes.

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I read this in Bruce Schneier\u2019s\u00a0\u201cData and Goliath\u201d and thought\u00a0\u201coh my god,\u00a0\u2018Buzzfeed sells mental health information from privilege quizzes to insurance companies\u2019 would be the most horribly believable 2010s internet thing,\u201d but the source he cited was merely\u00a0an article\u00a0(see also here, here) saying that Buzzfeed could conceivably do this (of course they can) but there is no evidence they actually are

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Still a weird thing to think about

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