I think the average person just simply doesn't care about their privacy.
In some of the music communities I'm in the content creators are already telling their userbase to go follow them on threads. They're all talking about some kind of beef between Elon and Mark and the possibility of a boxing match... Mark was right to call the people he's leaching off of fucking idiots.
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How can regular people buy this data?
Say I wanted to find out what my profile looks like?
Yes. I would like this info as well if anyone has it ^.^
If you're in the US, you can demand a company release the information they have on you, to you, for inspection. It's more data than you'd think. A LOT more.
I imagine "you" can't
you'd likely have to work for some marketing agency and can probably only buy user data in bulk amounts (based on region, or some other desired demographic) with a recurring business plan of course
it wouldn't be financially beneficial for these companies to sell an individual thumbprint
That makes sense.
So who wants to set up an marketing agency with me?
That makes sense.
So who wants to set up an marketing agency with me?
Live in the EU.
I do. Now what?
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government-in-ireland/data-protection/rights-under-general-data-protection-regulation/
You have the right to request access to inspect the personal information a company stores on you. At least, in the US. And I believe the UK and EU as well but I can't speak as much to those.
If you want to be truly terrified (or enlightened, however you prefer to think of it), pick any big company that you've used and request all the data they have stored on you. The amount of data they'll have is STAGGERING. Certainly hundreds of pages, possibly thousands. It's insane.