• sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Privacy is a crime? I pay for several online services with XMR (or BTC swapped from XMR): Jmp.chat (mobile service), EteSync (E2EE contact sync), Proton Mail, Mullvad VPN, Usenet (might have an argument there).

    Why can’t I access Google’s individual transactions but they should have access to mine?

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      6 months ago

      Why can’t I access Google’s individual transactions but they should have access to mine?

      why are you giving google access to your transactions to begin with? all my credit card transactions are between me and visa and my credit union and the federal government, but not google.

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        6 months ago

        I’m not, it was just an example data broker. You are 100% sure that data is not getting sold?

        I picked Google because back in my days of ignorance, their rewards app would ask if I made X purchase at Y store down to the penny. I wasn’t using GPay/GWallet, just my a debit or credit card. The Y I get with location services. Them having the transaction amount leads me to assume credit card companies/payment processors/etc are sharing this data in near real time. Probably anonymously but with enough data points to trace it back to an individual with a degree of confidence.

        So I use XMR when I can. Locations services are also off.