I used to feel that way, but then I capitulated. The state revenue department (fuck you, south carolina) and my heath insurer (fuck you anthem) both lost my data to whatever opposite part of the globe that data goes to, and I didn’t have to buy a damn thing to do it, so I’m not going to lose sleep over buying something from alibaba, much less amazon.
Also, I went to target, purchased rogaine [vain and futile, but leave me alone] with a credit card (no store card used), and rogaine immediately hit my email inbox with an email about a rebate. Target does not have my email, afaik, but rogaine did from a previous rebate submission. So the stores are not just tracking with granular precision, they are also passing on that information to everyone else. We know who that includes besides their suppliers. This is not new, and it’s not news, and there’s no escape.
Doesn’t mean the paranoid are wrong, just fighting a losing battle
