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0 pointsfnordfnordfnord12y ago0 comments

What kind of stuff do you buy at stores? Mind if I have a look? I mean, you're in public when you buy the stuff. Please post your checking account and credit card statements in the reply. Thanks.

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jlgreco12y ago· 2 in thread

He uses ATMs in public too right? I also want to know his debit card PIN. What right does he have to privacy?

fnordfnordfnordOP12y ago

Even if he had that right, why would he want to use it?

jlgreco12y ago

He's probably hiding something nefarious from us. I can think of no possible other reason to desire privacy.

jack-r-abbit12y ago· 2 in thread

Right. Because some computer somewhere knowing that yesterday I drove 90mph on the I-5 from LA to San Diego is exactly the same as you knowing my credit card number. Got it.

fnordfnordfnordOP12y ago

Redact the account number if you don't trust me. I just need a list of everything you bought, let's say it's, umm, to help me budget.

jack-r-abbit12y ago

Oh, is that all. The CC statement is not very detailed. From the last two months, you'll see several deliveries from Mountain Mikes Pizza, some various (non-descript) charges at Amazon ranging from a few dollars (music) to a few hundred dollars (bought a smoker), my $7.99 NetFlix sub, my bi-weekly delivery of organic fruits/veggies from a "local" farm (Farm Fresh To You), the equipment protection plan for my phone, the Veritas Instrument rental for my kid, ~5k in car repair last month at Volkswagen, monthly membership to City Beach, my web hosting bill (Rochen Host), DVD rental from RedBox, a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, I stopped at a local pub (The Hopyard) for a couple pints and I reloaded my BART card.

diminoten12y ago

I'll gladly tell you whenever I buy things. My checking account and credit card statements are private, however (this isn't an argument against privacy, don't mistake it as such).

Here are the last... 10 things I bought:

EZPass - $70.00 Roll20.net - $9.99 Potbelly - $4.98 Gold's Gym - $19.99 Potbelly - $4.98 Potbelly - $4.98 Pearl Dive (it's a bar) - $12.90 Chipotle - $3.13 Big Hunt (bar) - $8.00 Madhatter (bar) - $13.90

If you want more, come follow me around a bit. You wouldn't be breaking any law, after all. The fact that I go to potbelly each day, have a Gold's Gym subscription, and went to 3 bars over the last few days isn't private. None of it.

I value privacy, but I also know I don't always have it.

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7 comments · 3 top-level

jlgreco12y ago· 2 in thread

He uses ATMs in public too right? I also want to know his debit card PIN. What right does he have to privacy?

fnordfnordfnordOP12y ago

Even if he had that right, why would he want to use it?

jlgreco12y ago

He's probably hiding something nefarious from us. I can think of no possible other reason to desire privacy.

jack-r-abbit12y ago· 2 in thread

Right. Because some computer somewhere knowing that yesterday I drove 90mph on the I-5 from LA to San Diego is exactly the same as you knowing my credit card number. Got it.

fnordfnordfnordOP12y ago

Redact the account number if you don't trust me. I just need a list of everything you bought, let's say it's, umm, to help me budget.

jack-r-abbit12y ago

diminoten12y ago

I'll gladly tell you whenever I buy things. My checking account and credit card statements are private, however (this isn't an argument against privacy, don't mistake it as such).

Here are the last... 10 things I bought:

I value privacy, but I also know I don't always have it.

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