This should get you started at least. Keep in mind that nobody is going to tell you that they charged you extra or didn't give you a job offer because of data collected from a data broker. No one is going to be transparent about how they use your data against you.

None of the data being collected about you ever goes away. It doesn't matter if the data comes from you. or your backdoored streaming stick, the more data they have associated with you, the more opportunists exist for you to be screwed over by it.

It's almost impossible for a person to know when or how their offline life is being influenced because of the dossiers containing their online activity, but it absolutely impacts the prices you pay, the policies businesses will tell you they have, the opportunities you are offered, and even how long companies leave you on hold when you call them on the phone.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/data-brokers-selling-personal-i...

https://web.archive.org/web/20191130221040/https://www.nytim...

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/s41272-019-002...

https://www.mccarter.com/insights/ftc-surveillance-pricing-s...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/17/6294415...

https://nypost.com/2022/12/20/how-employers-spy-on-your-sear...

https://www.cnbc.com/2014/04/16/data-mining-is-now-used-to-s...

https://www.wired.com/story/minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-peo...

https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-data-brokers-are-a-threa...

https://sites.sanford.duke.edu/techpolicy/wp-content/uploads...

https://epic.org/data-broker-helped-anti-abortion-group-targ...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nsa-purchases-americans-int...