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askdfjnaskdf··on U.S. Phone-Tracking Firm Demo’d Surveillance Powers by Spying on CIA and NSA
i doubt that is just regular ads tracking like before. this smells as telecom tower data leak, across the board.
askdfjnaskdf··on It's 2030, & digital wallets have replaced every card in our purses and pockets
> Credit Card companies and payment processors keep track of your transactions and it is trivial for them to trace it to a single individual.

there are lots and lots of regulation on most countries that prevent them from using that information for anything other than billing you.

They cannot sell, offer you services, etc. ...unless you agree to something else, usually hidden in theirs reward program contracts.

All that is gone the second you move to using apple et al instead of a card issuing company.

askdfjnaskdf··on Google Chrome is erroring chase.com for containing malware
Now imagine what happens to smaller sites...