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Originally Posted by rockfan4
I recall years ago, if you were in the store connected to their wifi, the website showed prices that were higher than they were if you were elsewhere. They've probably evolved the site to use location tracking to do the same thing.
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The idea of 'bespoke individual pricing' has been around for a while. Old switcheroo.
(aka discrimination and justice dept shutting down the company)
Today they can use security camera facial biometrics.
(Apple for one takes a 30k point photo of the user every 7 seconds for the facial recog feature).
Or vehicle ID sent.
Hell even traffic light cameras add money to city coffers. My new forced smart water meter is proud of it's 'profiles for efficiency'.
"We don't share any customer data outside of our affiliates, so you know your privacy is safe with us!"
Turn off location services for everything until they stop working.
And then turn off those apps and replace them.
Still not enough.