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		robocat on Feb 2, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down... So paying by cash is the easiest way to generally avoid this? Clearly you can decide not to use Bilt, but maybe you get caught out some other way (bank, ...) - too difficult to track the trackers.

RandomBacon on Feb 2, 2025 [–]

That's what I do, but I assume some stores like Target also track you by Bluetooth, facial recognition, etc, and can correlate any past or future cash purchases if you use your credit card once for maybe a large innocuous purchase.

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