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Privacy Incursions to Support Price Discrimination

Posted by michael on from the know-your-customer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BusinessWeek has an interesting interview with academic Andrew Odlyzko about how increased corporate spying will inevitably lead to targeted pricing and how this system can be abused." The paper (pdf) makes interesting reading. Very good insights into the reasons why businesses want to get to know you.

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post!

  2. Advertisers can.... by Cackmobile · · Score: 0, Troll

    get f*&ked. I don't want them targetting me and I definately don't want my privacy compromised for it. Advertising doesn't work on me. It usually just makes me not want to buy things.

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    -- Karma Karma Karma Karma, Karma Chameleon - Boy George
  3. Re:what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    a big diCk can make a woaman infertil.
    the doc told me:
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    i told myself: true
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    a sandwich with ham did it for me. i mean told me it was rotten ...