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Re:Google Wallet Card by bdcravens on Monday November 25, 2013 @03:40PM (#6796817)
Yes. CC companies are their own silo. Google aggregates data across multiple sources, and you can be certain that you'll start seeing ads related to purchases you've already made in meatspace.
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Re:Google Wallet Card by selectout on Monday November 25, 2013 @03:45PM (#6796854)
While true, CC companies sell our data to other aggregators. So it's just adding in profit to a middleman while google is doing it themselves.
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Re:Google Wallet Card by bnegreve on Monday November 25, 2013 @04:52PM (#6797330)
Is that true? It sounds like a crazy privacy issue, so I would be surprised. But maybe I am too naive.
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Re:Google Wallet Card by myko on Monday November 25, 2013 @04:12PM (#6797057)
Oh nice, so the ads will be for things I'm actually likely to be interested in instead of random things I don't and will never care about?
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Re:Google Wallet Card by rebel on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:01PM (#6797391)
The same argument could be made for an advertiser peeking into your windows at night and watching you in your spare time. Eventually you have to draw the line.
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Re:Google Wallet Card by myko on Monday November 25, 2013 @06:15PM (#6797781)
Only if said advertiser is also my butler, cleaning my windows and waiting on me hand and foot.

This is a terrible analogy.

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