Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales

Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
Google found the perfect way to link online ads to store purchases: credit card data
August 30, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...rd-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales

 

I always wondered if something similar is not happening already. Now it's "official"...

 

They sure have a vested interested in what our butts smell like. Once we all know we are being watched they say people behave better and they can control us all mush easier.

 

Barstewards !

Pay cash as often as you can, & don't give your real info when you do

 

Dang...they really are pushing it...
First facebook wants to know your banking transactions and now Google wants to know what you buyed from shop...

Back to cash it is then...

 

They make you have to invent your own novel ideas. Can't stop them from "knowing" "logging" what you buy, however, as much extra time as it takes, you can always AFTER (should you use a MC or Visa) as soon as your card transaction leaves pending from your account and shows up billing, cancel that card-report it lost-and get a new one with a new set of numbers.

It's all a freaking cat & mouse game everyone is being herded into. Because they just can't leave well enough alone.

 

Disgusting that this form of sharing doesn't require user consent.

 

Honestly, I don't care all that much about firms tracking what I buy in meatspace. If it matters, I just use cash.

And it's important to keep in mind that getting extreme about meatspace privacy attracts attention. In order to have some online privacy, I gotta use a VPN service. But in every other way, I strive to be unremarkable.