“Today that trade has exploded into a data industrial complex. Our own information, from the everyday to the deeply personal, is being weaponized against us with military efficiency,” he said. “These scraps of data ... each one harmless enough on its own ... are carefully assembled, synthesized, traded, and sold.” He said algorithms, a major tool for competitors, were turning harmless preferences into hardened convictions. “If green is your favorite color, you may find yourself reading a lot of articles — or watching a lot of videos — about the insidious threat from people who like orange,” Cook said.[1]
I love this, almost to the point that I want to move off of the EvilCorp Pixel 2 and onto something that doesn't resell my personal data. It seems Apple is on a higher moral high ground.
1 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-privacy-apple/apple-bo...