Full title: Companies are now using your credit history, past-due accounts, browsing data, and social media accounts to figure out the absolute lowest salary you’ll accept. Algorithmic wage suppression is being weaponized against workers to destroy wages.

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    Wow, this article is a great resource to show someone who thinks privacy is pointless because “I have nothing to hide.”

    It’s hard to find good real-world examples of how people’s data is being used in ways they would be against if only they knew about them.

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      I hope you’re right but my guess the response will be “lulz that will not happen”. “It’s a conspiracy”. “There would be a revolution if that happened”. “They coulnd’t find that out just by knowing which services I use, exactly at what times and how often, how I engage with it”.

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        I think there will always be people stuck with their existing confirmation biases, but if the advice merely helps less people it’s still better than nothing at all… some people are just beyond saving.