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on Nov 23, 2011
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Malls track shopper cell phones on Black Friday. T...
This information is sufficient to track you through unrelated visits to the mall, and paired with CCTV video, sufficient to associate you with your face. It's also a small step to associate you with your credit card purchases at various stores.
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on Nov 23, 2011
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It's also a small step to associate you with your credit card purchases at various stores
You do realize that they (the credit card companies) already do this (and have for years), right?
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on Nov 27, 2011
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Do they have your face on file? Do they provide this purchasing information to malls?
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