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Secret E-Scores Chart Consumers’ Buying Power (nytimes.com)
6 points by mikecane on Aug 18, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


So, HN, here's a question about electro-ethics:

Would this business of guessing whether a prospective customer will spend big money be more ethical if it were transparent -- that is, if these escores were visible to the persons being scored?

Or, is it OK as is? Or is it just no good?




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