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[–] burningmatches@feddit.uk -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are they alleging that Mastercard sells data with personally identifiable information? Because if not, what’s the big deal? The people that buy this data want to know about trends.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The big deal is having my spending analyzed. I don't want my spending habits be used against me

[–] burningmatches@feddit.uk -5 points 1 year ago

How is it being used against you?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Ask the woman and her daughter that got charged after anti abortion laws got passed and were dumb enough to use Facebook for communication.

Even assuming that MasterCard is fully intending to keep everything secure (which is impossible to guarantee), you never know how it's going to be used later on.

I mean, ffs, it's already known that multiple US agencies just buy data and use it for their purposes. It's a damn sure bet that every damn country does something similar.

De-anonymizing data is a thing. You get enough data points, and everything is right there.