1409: Lindsay Owens | How Your Own Data Is Used to Overcharge You

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This whole idea is interesting because, you know, we've heard That Yeah, oh, if you log on to a website using a VPN, right? V PN companies will be like, If you use a VPN when you buy a flight, maybe it'll be cheaper. And I was like, Oh, is that a thing? Is that real?

And your book is like, hey, not only is this maybe real, but a bunch of other stuff that you don't even know about. is going on where you're kind of getting custom pricing. Which sounds really good, but is actually terrible. Most of the time. So

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