Amazon Is Data Mining Reviewers’ Personal Relationships
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Any Amazon customer is likely aware that the e-tail giant knows a lot about them. That’s how it personalizes product suggestions and customizes the marketing e-mails it sends. But some Amazon users are now finding out that the site knows — or at least it thinks it knows — who your friends are, and is restricting their reviews accordingly.
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I got that link from a
Bruce Schneier blog, which may be of interest to those like me who are curious about the security side of the argument.
P.S. I don't watch this news subforum assiduously, I imagine someone will tell me if this has already been covered.