Would you give out your personal information for a cookie? 🍪

In this era of identity theft and your personal privacy, you would think that wouldn't happen.

Not so.

Apparently, a researcher at an arts festival in Brooklyn offered people a cookie with the Instagram logo on it to anyone who would give her some details about themselves.

The details included one or more of their telephone number, their drivers' license details, their maiden name, fingerprints or the last few digits of their social security numbers.

Who knows why people reacted the way they did. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Even though there was a sign stating that their data could be shared with a 3rd party, they still handed over their details.

Fortunately, it was an experiment, not a scam because 380 people complied.

The experiment was to test the theory that while people might state that they protected their private information, most of them don't understand that the scammers don't need much info to steal your identity.

This experiment was in 2014, and people are still handing over their information and data to companies for less than a cookie.

Why do you think Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple et al. collect your data as fast as they can?

To give you a 'better experience online'?

Or perhaps it's to help them better target their advertising to you.

Regards,
Brent.

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Doesn't have to be good content, no SEO or anything like that.

Just tell a story, you do that all the time, you only have to write it down. 🗣

OK, so maybe you don't think you can write 10 pages a day, what about 2 pages a day?

If you think you can manage that you could be earning $50 per day in about 10 weeks.

Find out how. 💎

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