There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here

Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by reaperducer on Sunday November 14, 2021 @02:06PM (#29219618)

I always put a fake number into the Shake Shack kiosk. It hasn't been a problem, since the people sacking the burgers shout out my equally fake name to pick up my order.

If Shake Shack is really texting me that my order us ready, it's going to a prison pay phone a dozen states away.

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by dpifke on Sunday November 14, 2021 @02:36PM (#29219902)

I have yet to encounter a loyalty card program where local area code + Jenny's number (867-5309) wasn't registered.

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by bell-cot on Sunday November 14, 2021 @02:58PM (#29220086)

This +10 (if I could). Putting in something clever (and thus probably rare, and maybe unique to you) can make it far easier for Borg-tronic Analysis, Inc. to connect all the little data dots about you. A bit of data that is common to a large number of people makes a far better poison for their dystopian wishing well.

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by smegger001 on Sunday November 14, 2021 @03:13PM (#29220233)

as someone that had the misfortune of once working for K-Mart, and having management harass us if to few customers gave phone numbers for their rewards account. There were many accounts for jennys number. Also i purchased many pizzas with her rewards account.

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by TheBill on Sunday November 14, 2021 @02:52PM (#29220029)

Also usually gets you plenty of Safeway Rewards @ Chevron.

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by a5aAqU on Sunday November 14, 2021 @04:12PM (#29220759)

If there's a camera on the front, might want to wear a mask too.

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by reaperducer on Sunday November 14, 2021 @04:24PM (#29220860)

If there's a camera on the front, might want to wear a mask too..

It's still 2021. There's no way I'd go into a Shake Shack without one!

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by a5aAqU on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @07:12PM (#29247942)

Facial recognition might still work with a COVID mask on.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56517033

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by bnjemian on Sunday November 14, 2021 @02:13PM (#29219697)

Poison the data!

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