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And more than most of these startups terrify me. When Amazon isn’t oppressing its workers by meticulously tracking their toilet habits, it’s using data to push out competitors and small businesses to favor its own sales. If the adage that data is the new currency is true, it’s no wonder why tech companies keep getting richer. Every day a new tranche of startups have our data in their sights, but as consumers facing today’s technology, what hope do we have when the conditions for our security and privacy are worse? Without guardrails in place to protect our data, the startups of today and tomorrow are doomed to make the same mistakes of yesteryear.