Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts

Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ... by welder on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:36AM (#19052350)

> 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.

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Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ... by lucasverra on Friday February 01, 2019 @05:44AM (#19053137)

With Apple/Google Pay isn't this information NOT shared with merchant, but only a transaction token ?

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Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ... by jackhack on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:34AM (#19053936)

so they say. but the data lives somewhere, and when it has enough value it will be a commodity.

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Re:Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to ... by thaumasiotes on Friday February 01, 2019 @06:16AM (#19053255)

> 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.

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