I knew stuff like this was going on, but it's a bit of a fucking wake-up call to realize this is how recruiters have been reaching out to me with unsolicited job opportunities. And I am legitimately scared that this is still the tech future we are living in.
Our privacy is sold to the highest bidder. We are simply cattle.
@shaderphantom That is immensely disturbing. I guess welcome to the future, where we aren't the consumers, we're the product.
@shaderphantom thankfully it seems they have people behind the service and haven't just fully automated everything. Here's my conversation where I've asked for my information to be blacklisted (initially instigated through there on-site chat and then relegated to email).
@shaderphantom through their on-site chat** oops oh well
@shaderphantom
Holy shit, this is a black mirror moment.
Yah basically, except the difference between us and cattle is we have the capacity to revolt and resist
Here's an example from their site of the kind of information they aggregate.
Yes, their customers can see every time you follow someone on Twitter and who you follow, in real time. They aggregate your StackOverflow presence, GitHub, all connected email addresses, LinkedIn, everything.
I feel violated.