You’ve Never Heard Of These Sites, But They Know A Lot About Youby@kanary
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You’ve Never Heard Of These Sites, But They Know A Lot About You

October 21st 2020
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by @kanary 2,663 reads
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Mylife.com is a class of website called a data broker. The definition of a broker is, “a person who buys and sells goods or assets for others” Real estate brokers sell real estate that’s not theirs. A data broker sells data that's not theirs. MyLife is in a subclass called people search sites. They don’t just sell information, they post it publicly. Anyone can look up someone by name, email, phone number, or address and purchase their full profile.

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