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Wow.
You must read this thread:
This is beyond unreal. Absolutely unbelievable TBH.
You must read this thread:
This is beyond unreal. Absolutely unbelievable TBH.
"Honey Chrome extension is corporate wiretapping"
- Thread starter bartosimpsonio
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- Mar 21, 2013
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Welcome to the new world
This is crazy. If all this is true, then that add-on is straight up virus/malware/whatever.
EasterEgg
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So maybe I'm a little green here. If all it's doing *to me* is telling PayPal or whoever that I buy dumb stuff - while giving *me* discount codes as I shop, is it actually hurting me in any tangible way I should be more aware of? Not sarcastic - honestly wondering if I should be worried at all.
provocative
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- Jan 24, 2020
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If Paypal is seeing my shopping trend in exchange of discount codes all over, I am not much worried. But I will follow-up and keep it disabled when I am not shopping.
kindablack
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- Aug 10, 2014
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WTF Why do you get shocked?
This is funny because ANY website owner can sell website data on Doubleclick Data Marketplace, AppNexus or Adform
Why do you get shocked?This is funny because ANY website owner can sell website data on Doubleclick Data Marketplace, AppNexus or Adform
Trolling4Dollars
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Only if you value your privacy.
I'm not going to turn this into a political discussion, but mass collection of personal data - and the weaponization of that data - has gotten us where we're at today in the United States. That kind of information can be used to sway public opinion & do all kinds of other shady stuff.
Hayden Russell
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- Aug 8, 2019
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I agree with you, but I it seems to me that the american public is completely ok with this. They act all outraged every time that a big company is caught actually using the data that you gave them, but they still use Facebook, Google, YouTube, Honey, PayPal, Twitter, and the list goes on. Nobody really wants to put their money where their mouth.
DunderMannen
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To me it was pretty obvious it's just like another FB pixel? No?
It can literally track everything, including what you search for on sites that don't use analytics tools. This is stronger than the info Google/FB gets from us.
It can literally track everything, including what you search for on sites that don't use analytics tools. This is stronger than the info Google/FB gets from us.
- Mar 21, 2013
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WTF
This is funny because ANY website owner can sell website data on Doubleclick Data Marketplace, AppNexus or Adform
Because this is way beyond just browsing data collection. This extension behaves more like virus than actual tracking pixels.
This is way beyond regular data collection. Read the thread.
DarrellTreyTrey
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I would say it's an exchange. you want a discount? give us your data. clean and simple.
moonshine7000
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- Mar 4, 2013
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Honey is an affiliate cookie stuffing extension it can steal your commissions.