• phorq@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, that would be much more plausible. As dystopian as Walmart is, I don’t think they have phone sensors that can determine your device by just being in the store…

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      11 months ago

      This is definitely how they do it, as someone who has a Walmart account and usually buys through the app. If I buy something in store with one of my linked cards, it stores the receipt in my account (and then asks me to review it)

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      11 months ago

      Pretty sure they could get your MAC address pretty easily if you have Wifi turned on.