[farco12]

That could be terrifying, but it sounds better than being misdiagnosed.

>advertisers target people with biopolar disorder because they know that people in a manic phase tend to buy things

I've assumed this is probably true, but do you have any evidence that this is actively practiced?

[autoexec]

It may be too late for you to ever see this, but:

https://gizmodo.com/depression-anxiety-brokers-sell-mental-h...

The study: https://techpolicy.sanford.duke.edu/data-brokers-and-the-sal...

https://www.healthyads.com/targeting/medical-conditions-targ...

https://mobilemarketingmagazine.com/psychological-targeting-...

It's also worth pointing out that a company doesn't have to hold a meeting where they vote to deliberately target and exploit vulnerable members of the public, instead they just use an algorithm that constantly optimizes for making them money and which eventually figures out exploiting people is easy and effective.

Those companies generally know it's happening, and often do set out to make it happen just like they've always targeted ads at young children and teenagers whose brains aren't developed yet, but the algorithm gives them plausible deniability.

[farco12]

Not too late! This is what I was looking for, thank you for sharing.

[0xEF]

Who needs evidence when there is no real enforceable penalty for doing so? Credit card companies sell our data. Ancestry services probably sell our data. They might put signs in the windows saying "your data is safe with us" but that's pretty much where any amount of trust we place in these companies ends and becomes blind faith.