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2026-02-10 12:54 UTC
@elrohir@mastodon.gal @cstross@wandering.shop @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place Also, when you go to a bar, Google/Experian/Oracle don’t get a database row saying that Joe Bloggs, ID number hash ——, has a preference for mid-strength amber ales and salt & vinegar crisps or whatever, to correlate with their existing data about your phone usage, credit card purchases, financial status, political views and sexual proclivities
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@ianturton@mapstodon.space 2026-02-10 17:48
@elrohir@mastodon.gal @cstross@wandering.shop @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place @acb@mastodon.social at least some of the places I used to buy beer in Pennsylvania used to swipe my driver's licence to correlate it with my purchase