The Dating Brokers

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: José María Mateos <chema () rinzewind org>
> Date: November 8, 2018 1:52:55 GMT+8
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: The Dating Brokers
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> For IP, if you want:
>
> https://datadating.tacticaltech.org/viz
>
> ---
> In May 2017 artist Joana Moll and Tactical Tech purchased 1 million online dating profiles for 136€ from USDate, a 
> supposedly US-based company that trades in dating profiles from all over the globe. The batch of dating profiles we 
> purchased included pictures (almost 5 million of them), usernames, e-mail addresses, nationality, gender, age and 
> detailed personal information about all of the people who had created the profiles, such as their sexual orientation, 
> interests, profession, thorough physical characteristics and personality traits. Purchasing this data exposed a vast 
> network of companies that are capitalising on this information without the conscious consent of the users, whom 
> ultimately are the ones being exploited. This project attempts to make parts of that network, and how it works, 
> visible to everyone. 
> ---
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- 
> José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org



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