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>Please remember the next time you casually install an app on your Android device, this information is being broadcast to the whole world. Data brokers will use it to profile you, cross-reference it with data about you from other ad networks and eventually it will be used to decide how much you’ll be asked to pay the next time you order a samosa.

Who are those data brokers? Are they publicly known? Do they have an API where a business sends customer ID, mail or something and get an spending profile that helps adjusting price for a particular customer?

I know this sounds evil. But didn't banks and insurance companies collaborate to profile their customers since tens of years ago? That is not similarly evil?