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		andy_ppp on March 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, ... I have to say I think loyalty cards are a distraction, why can’t they just track my via my card info/Apple Pay? I mean the thing is literally a kind of unique identifier...

_underfl0w_ on March 3, 2021 [–]

This is already happening, only it's the credit card company doing the tracking and not to grocery store.

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