On 2/8/2018 2:24 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 3:18:59 PM UTC-5, casa de suspiros wrote:
>> On 2/8/2018 1:08 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 2/8/2018 1:35 PM, graham wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Beware the special membership/points cards, airmiles etc. You'll be
>>>> pestered by e-mailed flyers and offers just for you as they have
>>>> tracked your buying habits!
>>>
>>> The store I use has a card.Â* If they are tracking me, I don't really
>>> care if they know vanilla is my favorite ice cream flavor.Â* They do send
>>> me and email every Thursday though, with the latest coupons.Â* I can load
>>> them on my card and they are applied automatically at checkout.Â* They
>>> often have freebies on new products.Â* Last week I got cream cheese,
>>> nutrition bar, yogurt snack.Â* Saved another $5 because I spent $40.
>>>
>>> As long as they stick with once a week and no third part stuff, I'm ok
>>> with it.
>>
>>
>> How about when you discover they're distributing all their data about
>> you and your preferences via Blockchain technology to make said data
>> near impossible to erase, available to resources you do no real business
>> with, and not centrally warehoused?
>
> Really, I don't care who knows that I buy a container of prunes every week.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

It's a LOT more than that - think of the meta data.