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Learning on the job (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Even if you're not using a card, or discount/member program, you're still being tracked. Your face, what you purchased, how much of each item, what you paid with, etc are all being tracked.

If you have social media or associate with anyone with social media your face is online and can be matched to your name. If you have a drivers license your face can be matched to your name.

You are 100% deluding yourself if you think you're not being tracked b/c you used cash.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Even if you're not using a card, or discount/member program, you're still being tracked. Your face, what you purchased, how much of each item, what you paid with, etc are all being tracked

You will be all right mate, you just need to wear a little tinfoil hat, that stops this kind of tracking.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They have to go massively out of their way, spending a lot more more money both in hardware and ongoing processing power costs, to do that kind of tracking which gives far less reliable results, than simply matching the entry in the database of a specific purchase with the person identified by the card that paid that purchase.

Your "argument" is akin to a claim that people shouldn't worry about having a good lock on their door because it's always possible to break the door down with explosives.

"Don't be the low hanging fruit" is a pretty good rule in protecting your things, including protecting your privacy.

But, hey, keep up the good work of giving them all your personal info on a platter so that their ROI of investing in the kind of complex tech needed to do tracking of people like me remains too low to be worth it.

[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Clearly you're not in tech, shadow profiles are a thing and the ROI on tracking "people like you" is pretty high.