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RadioShack to sell customer data in bankruptcy auction
« on: March 30, 2015, 04:15:38 pm »
http://www.itworld.com/article/2901029/radioshack-puts-customers-personal-data-up-for-sale-in-bankruptcy-auction.html


This will probably happen to Google, Facebook or Twitter in a couple of years.
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Re: RadioShack to sell customer data in bankruptcy auction
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2015, 06:31:54 pm »
Quote from: th3g00n on March 30, 2015, 04:15:38 pm
This will probably happen to Google, Facebook or Twitter in a couple of years.
You think so? I don't.
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Re: RadioShack to sell customer data in bankruptcy auction
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2015, 06:46:13 pm »
Quote from: Kulverstukas on March 30, 2015, 06:31:54 pm
You think so? I don't.

Simply because they won't become bankrupt in the first place.
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Re: RadioShack to sell customer data in bankruptcy auction
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2015, 07:06:43 pm »
Quote from: TheWormKill on March 30, 2015, 06:46:13 pm
Simply because they won't become bankrupt in the first place.
Yes, some things are too big to go bankrupt...
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Re: RadioShack to sell customer data in bankruptcy auction
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2015, 07:27:03 pm »
Quote from: Kulverstukas on March 30, 2015, 07:06:43 pm
Yes, some things are too big to go bankrupt...
You're probably right but, for all we know Google sells customer data to Ad agencies. Bankruptcy is just one of many possible excuses to do something like this.
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Re: RadioShack to sell customer data in bankruptcy auction
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2015, 08:04:04 pm »
Quote from: th3g00n on March 30, 2015, 07:27:03 pm
You're probably right but, for all we know Google sells customer data to Ad agencies. Bankruptcy is just one of many possible excuses to do something like this.
Well, in case of the large companies, it's simply their business model. A pretty effective one to be exact.
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Re: RadioShack to sell customer data in bankruptcy auction
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2015, 11:25:20 pm »
This does not surprise me in the least, sad though.
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