Guest 2

Right.

This concept of mutually advantageous exploitation.

Sounds weird, but.

Precisely.

You consent to an unfair transaction because your other options, maybe homelessness or having no income, are just catastrophic.

A very stark example.

The Brazilian authorities pointed out, look, the rich are the ones who can afford to say no to this kind of thing.

When you need data sharing just to get essentials, a job, health care, maybe housing, is it really voluntary anymore?

Or is it just coercion wrapped up in market language?

It obscures the cumulative threat.

You sell permission A today, permission B tomorrow.

Thinking they're separate, harmless.

Combined with millions of other data points, maybe data you didn't sell using powerful analytics.

That's the systemic risk.

From this perspective, no.

It functions more like a public good.

Exactly like that.

My decision to sell my data creates negative externalities for you, even if you guard yours carefully.

Well, say I sell my location data.

Combined with social network data, it could reveal your movements, your relationships, even if you never consented.