Rohit Chopra
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The more and more that tech companies and big financial firms know about our purchase history, know our transaction history, know our location, know our friends and social networking, the more and more we are going to creep into a world where there aren't price tags for goods, but instead we're going to have surveillance-based personal pricing.
The more and more that tech companies and big financial firms know about our purchase history, know our transaction history, know our location, know our friends and social networking, the more and more we are going to creep into a world where there aren't price tags for goods, but instead we're going to have surveillance-based personal pricing.
based on our mood, based on what we're searching for. And you see a lot of big companies, Google, Facebook wanted to create its own currency, in fact. And now we're seeing how even X, even Twitter wants to be a way that you can move money and pay. And there's enormous value in all of that. And, you
based on our mood, based on what we're searching for. And you see a lot of big companies, Google, Facebook wanted to create its own currency, in fact. And now we're seeing how even X, even Twitter wants to be a way that you can move money and pay. And there's enormous value in all of that. And, you
if Doge is there to snoop or to find out what its competitors are up to, to find out the plans that other companies have. I just don't know, but certainly that is something that many are worried about.
if Doge is there to snoop or to find out what its competitors are up to, to find out the plans that other companies have. I just don't know, but certainly that is something that many are worried about.
Well, I certainly think that for those of us who have serious medical diagnoses
Well, I certainly think that for those of us who have serious medical diagnoses
when we're targeted or charge different prices because they know we need certain medication or they know we need certain medical supplies, or for teenagers who are maybe in a rough place personally, being able to target them with certain information or to be able to extract from them, from older adults who might be lonely.
when we're targeted or charge different prices because they know we need certain medication or they know we need certain medical supplies, or for teenagers who are maybe in a rough place personally, being able to target them with certain information or to be able to extract from them, from older adults who might be lonely.
I think actually the price tag is probably one of the best consumer protections we have out there And when we individualize every single price, we're setting ourselves up for an economy that I don't think we want. I've long been worried about people who call for an Uber or Lyft and late at night that maybe –
I think actually the price tag is probably one of the best consumer protections we have out there And when we individualize every single price, we're setting ourselves up for an economy that I don't think we want. I've long been worried about people who call for an Uber or Lyft and late at night that maybe –
a woman calling a ride share is getting a higher price than a male in the same exact place, or that there are ways to discriminate based on our personal characteristics. And I also don't think that we want these big companies knowing everything that goes on in our life before we are about to purchase something.
a woman calling a ride share is getting a higher price than a male in the same exact place, or that there are ways to discriminate based on our personal characteristics. And I also don't think that we want these big companies knowing everything that goes on in our life before we are about to purchase something.
We're supposed to police banking, lending, and payments. And when companies like Facebook are creating their own currency, and fortunately it got killed, But you see more of these big giants lurching into lending and payments. It's not the CFPB expanding into tech. It's these companies expanding into the core work that we do.
We're supposed to police banking, lending, and payments. And when companies like Facebook are creating their own currency, and fortunately it got killed, But you see more of these big giants lurching into lending and payments. It's not the CFPB expanding into tech. It's these companies expanding into the core work that we do.
So it is true that Google actually sued us because we were asking questions or wanted to ask questions about how they were handling people's money and their data.
So it is true that Google actually sued us because we were asking questions or wanted to ask questions about how they were handling people's money and their data.
So I think that this is really about power, is that there are certain companies who feel that they should not have to follow the laws that our Congress passes, that they are somehow special, that there is an exemption for fancy technology.
So I think that this is really about power, is that there are certain companies who feel that they should not have to follow the laws that our Congress passes, that they are somehow special, that there is an exemption for fancy technology.