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[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

This pitfall is easily avoided by not getting them. Getting a kid is a huuuuuge scam.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 8 points 4 days ago

Why hasn't Marie done any work today?

Oh, she's white knuckling a baby monitor to see if she can trust the babysitter

[–] ShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

When a parent is anxious about the child enough to install a bloody tracking app. The parents is giving the data about the child to the criminals.

That sounds unlikely and more paranoid than the parents who would install those apps... How many criminals are going to data brokers to track their child targets?

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

sometimes people call those as criminals who run a business in personal data. I can't fault them for it

[–] ShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I could understand that. But, with a bit more context from the article (that I should have included), it's talking about the criminals that are targeting specific individual children to assault them.

Not all those who handle data obey laws. Data leaks happen.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

How many criminals are going to data brokers to track their child targets?

They're already there... and they have no qualms to sell that data to whoever. The abortion cases as an example.