[FigmentEngine]

false and dangerous analogy. knowing your number plate is comparable to knowing your phone number, rather than the real analogy of bugging your converation in the car. the number plate yields metadata about journeys, not the actual conversation.

"i mean people who argue for privacy would never have a problem with barcodes on milk"

[w0m]

> "i mean people who argue for privacy would never have a problem with barcodes on milk"

I mean; unless you pay cash for ~everything your spending habits have generally been wide open since the 50s in the name of convenience.

[novok]

Vast majority of transactions were still mostly cash beyond some basic "pay my rent and utility bills and buy a car" until maybe starting at the 80s / 90s, and using credit cards back then was done wayyyy less than even the early 2000s.

[w0m]

True. For some perspective, half my work group wasn't yet born in the time periods you're referencing.