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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by knz on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:00PM (#12447628)
Isn't being selective with what you lie about the answer to this? If you don't care that Google know about a purchase then use your normal email/credit card etc. If you want additional privacy then use methods that allow this. Privacy can be a continuum.

Given that it can probably be traced back to a mailing address and credit card these measures may be worthless anyway.

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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by jessaustin on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:26PM (#12447877)
Flying commercially is never going to be a privacy-preserving activity, for a wide variety of reasons that have nothing to do with payments or online calendars. This is just a trade-off that one must accept.
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Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse by dredmorbius on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:40PM (#12448015)
Not if you're John Gilmore.
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