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Verizon Up offers rewards in exchange for customers’ personal information
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#92Based on the title, I thought this was going to be an interesting bug bounty type program.
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#93This sort of disgusting privacy intrusion plus the rising costs of smartphones and their associated data plans have me thinking that eventually we'll just reach a breaking point where people choose to go back to dumbphones. I'm already nearly at that point myself.
yep.
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#94Is this not what all rewards programs are? How is this different from the local supermarket rewards card that I have, which "rewards" me with coupons targeted towards my purchasing habits? I'm not sure how to better inform people on these issues.
Your argument is what exactly?
The fact that something that leads to gathering of personal information has been done in the past automatically means it's okay to do it in the future?
If that is your argument then you are the one who needs informing.
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#96It seems to me that this is he future we are heading, where privacy is only accessible for higher classes, it's a shame we are going in this direction just in the name of profit.
It's how all rights work. Freedom of speech? You can yell all you want, but it will never be equal to a rich individual able to buy adds and have recorded messages played over the internet. 2nc Amendment? You ever see the prices to own certain guns? Voting? While there isn't a direct poll tax, you have to be able to afford the opportunity costs of the time spent to vote, as well as being able to afford access to the…
I think some of that is related to wage inequalities and decades of business friendly legislation.
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#97In my country broadband Internet connection provided by two major ISPs has a price that increases by about 1.5$/month, if you don't agree for your personal data to be used for marketing purposes.
What? Care to share the country you are in?
It is in Poland, the companies are UPC and Orange. If you know Polish, here is the example UPC Internet offer for 49PLN/month that increases to 54PLN/month if you don't agree to marketing (it's called Marketing Communication Discount/Ulga za Komunikację Marketingową):
https://www.upc.pl/internet/internet-tak-bardzo-24-miesiace/...
(Orange shows this opt-out discount during checkout so it is hard to link).
Re: Verizon Up offers rewards in exchange for customers’ personal information
#98This is going to be a natural result of the incoming GDPR. My own startup will be doing something similar in order to remain compliant. You now have to ask politely for people's data, and then give them a carrot in return for it.
Verizon is US-only; the GDPR doesn’t seem applicable.
From SEC Filings:
"Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon, or the Company) is a holding company that, acting through its subsidiaries, is one of the world’s leading providers of communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies with a presence in over 150 countries around the world. "
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#99If you enjoyed your telecom's support experience in the old days as the customer, you're going to love it even more being the product.
Re: Verizon Up offers rewards in exchange for customers’ personal information
#100I think a bunch of people are giving Verizon a hard time for this program but it at least has a much better value proposition than any other advertising system most people interact with. Google and Facebook slurp all your data with the justification that they will be able to personalize it better and you get nothing in return. Hopefully this may set a precedent so that others may follow.
Gmail. Google Maps. Google Search. Youtube.
I could go on. Those services do not exist for free!