Lumosity - We Steal Your IQ Score and Sell It

Dec 09, 2012 16:23

Say! Want your IQ measured, and associated with your name, address, credit card number, income, health insurance, and buying habits?

Then head on over to Lumosity. Oh, of course, they don't tell you that's what they're doing. They have 'brain exercises' for you. Those 50 years of research that prove that "brain exercises" don't ward off ( Read more... )

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hwrnmnbsol December 10 2012, 01:32:36 UTC
Interesting. Is there a way to game this to one's advantage? Supposing you created an overlay site that fills in high-IQ scores into this site under a person's name. Could this report higher IQ scores and yield better insurance outcomes?

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marcochacon December 11 2012, 12:49:29 UTC
If you're not paying for the product: The product is you.

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