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Sometimes it feels ridiculous how much OPSEC I need to employ to buy anything at the grocery store. I walk or bike to the store to not reveal a license plate. All radios and sensors on my handset are turned off. I wear a mask to thwart facial recognition cameras. I pay cash.
> I pay cash. Can we, today, be sure that ATMs do not record serial numbers of the bank notes they dispense?
So rude. Just like Experian and friends. Keeping detailed notes on me, and acting all surprised when I want to read them. It's like they are embarrassed I actually exist.
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> his is fine, but it's not really about tracking you, it's about tracking the habits of shoppers in aggregate, of which you are a participant. (Yes, having your real address to mail flyers is a bonus but not the end goal.) Like hell it is. This is an article about Target back in 2012, that identified a pregnant underage girl purely from her purchasing record. 11 years ago. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/20…
"With facial recognition being a nearly solved problem, .." Meanwhile in Switzerland https://www.iamexpat.ch/expat-info/swiss-expat-news/facial-r... It’s never a nice feeling to think you are being watched, even if it is in a public place like the centre of a city or train station. Now, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the main public transport provider in Switzerland, has announced that it will be installing facial rec…
Now, when there are riots, it is well known that police has human "super-recognizers", which can scan thousands of photos and identify suspect individuals on a whim.
Sometimes it feels ridiculous how much OPSEC I need to employ to buy anything at the grocery store. I walk or bike to the store to not reveal a license plate. All radios and sensors on my handset are turned off. I wear a mask to thwart facial recognition cameras. I pay cash.
IME at Safeway if you don't use a "club card" you end up paying nearly double for many items. Are there ways around this?
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If the loyalty account is based on a phone number, try entering your local area code plus 867-5309. I've found this works at every major supermarket and gas station. Sometimes you get slight discounts because other people also enter this number and the account accrues points. The other option is to sign up using a fake persona and a burner email. Typically rewards programs don't audit information or ever ask you to u…
Unless you only pay with cash, that fake profile gets tied to your real credit card, so I'm not seeing what that gets you.
At my local store, the checkout clerks keep pushing me to get a loyalty card. I tried to engage once and start a conversation about privacy, but ended up walking away from the conversation feeling a little like a conspiracy theorist. But thanks to working in tech, I know this data is being tracked, bought, and sold behind the cute "loyalty" branding. I wish I knew of a good way to convince ordinary people to value th…
Sometimes it feels ridiculous how much OPSEC I need to employ to buy anything at the grocery store. I walk or bike to the store to not reveal a license plate. All radios and sensors on my handset are turned off. I wear a mask to thwart facial recognition cameras. I pay cash.
> I pay cash. Can we, today, be sure that ATMs do not record serial numbers of the bank notes they dispense?
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Edward Snowden revealed that u need to remove the battery on ur phone to make it "safe", turning it off doesn't do the trick. [Which u can't do anymore]. As another commenter says: leave the phone at home.
What about a Faraday bag?
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IME at Safeway if you don't use a "club card" you end up paying nearly double for many items. Are there ways around this?
Local area code + 867-5309
Yes, it worked at a Safeway in San Jose too. I love that someone also had this stuck in their head and used it to sign up for grocery discounts.