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My grocery store wants to know my BMI (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by whocares314@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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If they were interested in my location they could request location data. What are the odds they are doing this to directly market products to people based on health data?

Inb4 “They already do that based on what you regularly purchase”

Of course, yes they do. This appears to be one more layer on top of it. And surely they wouldn’t share that information with the pharmacy, right?

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[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

"I have sacrificed my privacy for a minor convenience" is another way you could have said that.

[-] Moneo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

How do I sacrifice my privacy by installing an app?

this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2024
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