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‘Has flat buttocks,’ ‘cusses when scared’: Amazon keeps shockingly specific customer profiles
www.fastcompany.com/91619118/amazon-shopping-customer-profiles-about-you-page-shockingly-specific-how-to-see-view-your-profile
Replying to @zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
Mine doesn’t have anything of a particularly personal nature, just obvious stuff from purchase history like:
- Likely favors Merrell brand for outdoor footwear (I have purchased the same model of Merrell shoe several times)
- Hikes frequently (a reasonable guess about someone who repeatedly buys hiking boots)
- Likely has a ThinkPad laptop (I bought trackpoint caps)
- Likely owns an Olympus camera (I bought a battery for an Olympus camera)
Replying to @Zak@lemmy.world
You don’t even have to purchase something several times. I bought two of the same monitor once and now it thinks I have a preference for that no-name brand. It’s pretty dang dumb.