• herrcaptain@lemmy.ca
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    8 个月前

    To be fair I’d straight up trust the bigger porn companies more than the credit bureaus. They seem to have a much better grasp on technology and somehow manage to seem less sketchy.

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      8 个月前

      Credit bureaus are just data brokers in disguise, so they’re shady, both in concept and by design.

      Porn is part of the sex trade, so shady mostly by perception.

      I don’t really think it’s possible to do anything more than try to safeguard my personal information. But if forced to choose between those two, I’ll pick a major porn site over a credit bureau every time.

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        8 个月前

        Exactly! However, there are in fact shady porn companies in practice. The difference is:

        • Some porn companies are shady

        • While all credit bureaus are shady

        At least with the former you can opt into participation. With credit bureaus you’re automatically being tracked by them unless you live in a tent and pay cash for everything.