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  data-mining that predicts what you want and data-mining that knows when you're desperate for a drink in the desert. The latter is a form of interaction that enables no repeat business. So are you
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  • Perhaps the snake metaphor should be traded for one involving the Trojan Horse. As you note, there is a difference between data mining that is convenient, or even informative, and data mining that is predatory and manipulative. The problem I was trying to identify is that the latter is facilitated by the presence of the former. Frankly, I like when Amazon notes the last book I bought was Ham on Rye, and then suggests I next read Hunger. There, the convenience outweighs the intrusion into my privacy and the resulting profiling. However, the danger arises where there are a thousand intrusions, allowing for a more robust and sinister profiling. Also, I don't think the danger inheres in just being overcharged; that's just a fact of capitalism. I think the true problem, the problem you identified in class when discussing data mining and the endemic of foreclosures and bankruptcies, is when complex goods or services - not just books - are being foisted upon people at the exact moment they are unable and unwilling to truly understand the risks of clicking yes.

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