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by 1718627440 244 days ago
That didn't come with all the tracking and privacy implementations though.
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But of course they do. A big part of those schemes is to track all people's purchases. They also sold that data.
A paper card with a stamp doesn't even have a name on it and the only copy of it existing is owned by the costumer. The only information e.g. the baker has is what names he has in brain.
The cards I was referring to were plastic cards with magnetic strips.