I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty program

Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by elevation on Thursday August 13, 2026 @11:26AM (#49287459)

In my area, the majority of McDonald's customers use the drive thru, and the dining room isn't very busy. So for the price of a coffee I can get a couple hours of work done from a table near a power outlet and wifi.

My only complaint is their firewall blocks the tailscale control plane.

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by oniony on Thursday August 13, 2026 @11:42AM (#49287705)

I wonder if they monitor your internet traffic.

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by Nextgrid on Thursday August 13, 2026 @12:58PM (#49288794)

Traffic monitoring for a fast food chain is dubious at best even in the unencrypted days, but basically useless since the advent of HTTPS and TLS everywhere.

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by hod6654 on Thursday August 13, 2026 @10:38PM (#49294198)

They can still log what sites you're visiting by inspecting the SNI of your TLS handshakes

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by 07c84979b3b5d7 on Thursday August 13, 2026 @12:00PM (#49287974)

> My only complaint is their firewall blocks the tailscale control plane.

Brother, did you give your brain to AI already? There exists technology

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by criddell on Thursday August 13, 2026 @12:03PM (#49288012)

If you have a suggestion, you should give it.

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by selectodude on Thursday August 13, 2026 @12:35PM (#49288500)

If you initiate the connection on your cell phone hotspot and then connect to WiFi, it’ll continue working.

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by criddell on Thursday August 13, 2026 @12:41PM (#49288565)

I connect to work over a traditional VPN. Is there some way for me to send that tunnel through Tailscale? I want to do that because our VPN whitelists IPs.

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by frollogaston on Thursday August 13, 2026 @04:29PM (#49291428)

You mean other way around, like connect to traditional VPN then use Tailscale over it? Pretty sure I've done that

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by criddell on Friday August 14, 2026 @09:02AM (#49298134)

No, I mean connect to my home with Tailscale then turn on my work VPN so the office VPN endpoint sees my home IP and not the remote IP (usually my phone's IP because I'm using it as a hotspot).

As it is now, I have to call IT and give them my phone's IP to get it temporarily whitelisted so I can work remote. If I could go through Tailscale I wouldn't need to do that.

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by frollogaston on Thursday August 13, 2026 @04:42PM (#49291583)

There exists better wifi at home that doesn't have these annoyances

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by 9dev on Thursday August 13, 2026 @12:26PM (#49288358)

Of all the places I could spend some time to work, a greasy, run-down, dirt-cheap fast food "restaurant" really is the last option… I’d pay more voluntarily to not spend a second there longer than necessary.

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by criddell on Thursday August 13, 2026 @12:42PM (#49288575)

What about a well maintained, bright and cheerful fast food "restaurant" with really fast wifi?

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Re:I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty pro... by memcg on Friday August 14, 2026 @09:14AM (#49298254)

At my location I can get an iced tea with free refills. Then I fill out the survey listed on the paper receipt and use that to get a buy one sandwich get one free deal.

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