Eugen RochkoI'm still pissed about how accepted surveillance capitalism is. In Germany there is this "payback" system where you identify at the checkout in shops and collect points you can turn into free shit. I'm still saying no every time the cashier asks me if I'm interested. I don't want anyone to datamine my shopping habits.
EJ@Gargron Same system in Britain ('nectar points' et al), but over the last couple of years shops have started making cashiers directly demand your name and email address. (Often "So that we can email you a receipt" or "To warn you if the product you're buying gets recalled"). I refuse but, paying by card, they easily have the data to track and profile my shopping habits whatever I do. Why practice surveillance capitalism when you can get the same data through plain surveillance?