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Mastercard should stop selling our data (www.eff.org)

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Mastercard should stop selling our data::We trust companies with our information every day. But many companies—even those that hold our most revealing information—are using it not just to provide the services we ask for, but to amp up their profits at the cost of our privacy.That's why EFF has joined a campaign, led by the U.S. Public...

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[-] Syx@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Owning your data is seeming less and less possible. Even paying in cash isn't an option in some places now

[-] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

Owning your data is seeming less and less possible. Even paying in cash isn't an option in some places now

Some municipalities had passed laws saying that retail businesses had to accept cash since going 100% electronic is discriminatory towards the poor. But covid fucked that up

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