Then it was time to look for studies and start selling data! And the app didn’t find any studies. Then I answered around 50 questions (demographics, interests, etc.) I crossed my fingers and imported my Digi.Me profile to UBDI. Things were not looking great, because my “comprehensive digital profile” was just a collection of tweets… Selling data with UDBI The app said the connection was active and there was no new data to pull. I continued with the rest of my accounts (Facebook, Youtube, Pinterest, Flickr). It also showed some statistics, like most used emojis and so on. It went smoothly and my tweets appeared in my Digi.Me profile. I installed the app on Android and connected Twitter. My excitement went immediately down, this was going to take a while… Collecting data with I also found out there’s nothing else to do on their website, as you have to download a mobile app to continue. Collect all your online data with Digi.Me.I went to their UBDI’s homepage, with a captivating design, and learned how the service worked: I’m always up for new ways to achive passive income, so I thought it was worth the try. What if we cut the middleman? Why can’t you, willingly, sell your data (possibly anonymised) to market researchers? You give your data for free to all these companies, which then profit by selling your data to advertisers and so on. I heard about it in a TED talk from Jennifer Scott on “Why you should get paid for your data”. UBDI stands for Universal Basic Data Income, a word play on UBI.
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