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minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNo but nothing is stopping these stores from aggregating your purchase history and linking it to your identify via credit card accounts. My point is the information is already there. They can already do this now if they wanted. The biometric piece isn’t even necessary.
minus-squareJaxia@toast.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAh. I understand. I think I got more caught up in the Amazon part than the biometrics. They seem to be increasingly intrusive.
No but nothing is stopping these stores from aggregating your purchase history and linking it to your identify via credit card accounts.
My point is the information is already there. They can already do this now if they wanted. The biometric piece isn’t even necessary.
Ah. I understand. I think I got more caught up in the Amazon part than the biometrics. They seem to be increasingly intrusive.