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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Many people here suggesting a throwaway email and/or VPN. While this does migitate the impact somewhat, the only proper response is to not use their "service" and deactivate the WiFi fo your phone (else they might be tracking your MAC address).

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Android randomizes Mac by default.

[–] Maximilious@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Walmart has an interesting app where if you're connected to their wifi then the app "transforms" to tell you what's in stock in the store you're connected to. I wish they'd just do something like Home Depot where the site just tells you if X location has an item or not, but alas.

[–] atocci@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Wait, do they not do that anymore? I used to be able to search on their website for an item and it wold tell me if it's in stock at the store I selected and the aisle it's in if they have it.