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- From: merlyn@ora.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Subject: Re: "Welcome to the Machine"
- In-Reply-To: dgillmor@msen.com's message of 21 Nov 1992 15:39:19 GMT
- References: <20NOV199201432618@utarlg.uta.edu> <1ell7mINN2rf@nigel.msen.com>
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- Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:32:20 GMT
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- In article <1ell7mINN2rf@nigel.msen.com> dgillmor@msen.com (Dan Gillmor) writes:
- Are you saying that these stores will refuse to take your money unless you
- give them your personal information and allow them to track your shopping
- habits? I find this difficult to accept.
-
- What do you expect from a business that also owns Radio Shack (Tandy)?
-
- Anyway, they *didn't* check my ID when I gave them information, so I
- could have said anything. They also did *not* demand a phone number,
- so all they have is my post office box. (Hey, I can always use a
- little more junk mail in my woodstove. :-)
-
- And yes, they swipe the card upon entry, and upon any purchase (cash
- or card).
-
- The first IU was just south of Portland, Oregon, by the way. And the
- same concerns raised here made their rounds in pdx.general and
- or.general. The consensus was "give them phoney names if you don't
- want to be tracked".
-
-
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