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My private information is worth $30

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Re: My private information is worth $30

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What I thought was most interesting was the statement at the very end: "The poetic nature of writing in grievance in Arabic is much more effective than in English." Differences between languages are so interesting to me. Anyone here know Arabic and feel the same way as the author? What makes Arabic different in that sense?

I think almost all multilingual people would agree that writing cordially is easier in their native language - whatever that language may be. Expressing heartfelt messages in the language you spoke when developing your identity and emotional maturity is more about just that, rather than what the language happens to be.

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The issue is, that your personal info is valuable to only you. It also doesn't reflect character worth or personal worth. That's how people gave their privacy away to apps - they've realized this is the best deal they can get for it. Conversely, when the court tries to estimate what is the financial impact of such a leak, there's not much to base it off. I've just finished The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and it's…

I think $30 at a high enough volume accounts for the high revenue.

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#15

Rembered that time when Ford estimated human life to not be worth enough in case of lawsuit to add a $5 piece to prevent their cars from exploding on rear impact. I love faceless capitalism. Edit: iirc that was about $750

Well, there's got to be some estimate put on it. It's obviously not worth adding a $5 trillion piece to a vehicle to make it safer, and it's obviously worth spending an extra 0.05¢ to make it safer.

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The author thinks that $30 is an inappropriate amount, but does not suggest what he thinks the correct sum should be.

It is my opinion that, as with anything that can be copied infinitely for free, his (and my) personal information is worth $0.

Re: My private information is worth $30

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post #3

Reading investor reports is interesting as well, to see what companies think you're worth to them. Check out Roku's ARPU - it's something like $40 a year now per user in marketing.

So basically I have a $40/yr marketing tax on everything I buy, and that's just to pay for Roku.

I wonder how much things would cost if we cut out the entire multibillion dollar advertising industry and just paid for things directly.

Re: My private information is worth $30

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Class actions like this are opt in; by accepting the settlement you accepted the terms and lost your right to sue for a different (more appropriate to you) value.

Planet money did a a great segment on how these work and why America is set up this way. I learned a lot about it. You should definitely take a listen[1]. If you aren’t on Apple then search “What to do when you’re in a class action?” And find the podcast (not the summary article).

1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id2907834...

Re: My private information is worth $30

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The issue is, that your personal info is valuable to only you. It also doesn't reflect character worth or personal worth. That's how people gave their privacy away to apps - they've realized this is the best deal they can get for it. Conversely, when the court tries to estimate what is the financial impact of such a leak, there's not much to base it off. I've just finished The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and it's…

I think $30 at a high enough volume accounts for the high revenue.

Right, that makes the case that the court nailed it. It still doesn't feel good though.
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