TAKING BACK MY DATA I SOLD MY DIGITAL SOUL FOR CRYPTO

摘要

on a recent Tuesdaynight,duringasessionofrashbedtime scrolling, I sold my Facebook data to a stranger in Buenos Aires. Reckless, maybe, but such was my newfound life as a digital vigilante. My tipping point was the Facebook hack, exposed in September, in which I-along with some 90 million other potential victims-was temporarily locked out of my account. I imagined my identity rippling across the internet, thanks to the single sign-in convenience of Facebook Connect. After along season of leaks, hacks, and shady data pillaging, I'd had enough. I considered simply deleting my account. But then I landed on a different strategy: making a profit, If my data is already being hawked to marketing firms, third-party apps, and political propagandists without my knowledge, Irea-soned, why not benefit from the racket? Thus began an experiment in turning my personal data into crypto dough.