Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ...
by welder on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:36AM
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> I predict that someday soon, supermarkets will sell my food purchase history to insurance companies, so when I buy loads of vegetables and such, I use my real number. When I buy wine & bacon -- you guessed it: 867-5309.
That won't help, your purchases can still be linked to yourself with your credit card.
Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ...
by lucasverra on Friday February 01, 2019 @05:44AM
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With Apple/Google Pay isn't this information NOT shared with merchant, but only a transaction token ?
Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ...
by jackhack on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:34AM
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so they say. but the data lives somewhere, and when it has enough value it will be a commodity.
Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ...
by thaumasiotes on Friday February 01, 2019 @06:16AM
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> That won't help, your purchases can still be linked to yourself with your credit card.
This doesn't seem to add much value on top of
>> Tip #2: They also link purchase records based on debit card account numbers. So pay cash.
I predict that someday soon, supermarkets will sell my food purchase history to insurance companies, so when I buy loads of vegetables and such, I use my real number. When I buy wine & bacon -- you guessed it: 867-5309.
Tip #2: They also link purchase records based on debit card account numbers. So pay cash.
Tip #3: if the number doesn't work for your area code, try it with a different area code. (the sysadmins sometime purge a number that is being used by loads of people.) Also, if you need to provide a zip code, Beverly Hills 90210 works just fine.