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Old 6th Aug 2019, 18:17
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IBMJunkman
 
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Do do you have the same concerns regarding Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc,etc?

Originally Posted by Farrell
If you want to be blown away by how much one company can have on you, and what they can do with it without your permission, you only need to do some research on a company called NCR (National Cash Register).

They can track your spending patterns, catalog what you buy, where and when you buy it, and can then if you gave the store your phone number and used a bank card, can then track other things you bought with that card at other NCR machines, and in some cases geofence your phone number and target you with ads both online and in the street with digital ad frames. They also manufacture a lot of ATM machines which they also use to take your photo, and in many cases if you are using in store banking, your fingerprint.

It's too late at this stage to be worried about it.
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