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> "what can we do to mitigate this problem?"

You can always refuse to use web sites that ask for personal information without a legitimate reason. If enough people do this, these sites will either change their practices or disappear.

Which web sites did you have in mind?

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I don't personally need to use, but help in my marketing process: Facebook, Twitter, Quora and every other popular social media.

Quora. Current holder of the #1 position on HN's front page with this: https://blog.quora.com/Quora-Security-Update?share=1

Just don't. And if you have, close your account. (Not that it would have helped, it sounds like Quora "helpfully" retained user data for you "in case you wanted to reactivate your account", and that all got popped too...)

As I've said, I use for marketing purposes, I don't personally need it. But I need it to make money. I understand that I can find a different service, but that fact I already know. I'm looking for some new ideas.

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