Comment on Do any ATMs in Belgium support balance inquiries?

• ciferecaNinjo@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You are not getting around the tracking. It’s never going to happen.

  I do. I only access banks electronically if they accommodate Tor. The bank only gets to know my physical location when I do a transaction where that’s unavoidable. Even if I were to carry a mobile phone on standby wherever I go, the bank would get nothing from it if I don’t run their app.

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  • thelastknowngod@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I only access banks electronically if they accommodate Tor.

    So they know when you logged in and what you did when you got there. So you can’t escape it there.

    The bank only gets to know my physical location when I do a transaction where that’s unavoidable.

    So you can’t escape this either.

    Even if I were to carry a mobile phone on standby wherever I go, the bank would get nothing from it if I don’t run their app.

    They would get nothing except the time, location, amount, business, and how that relates to the other purchases you make and all the data those transactions generate as well. That data is shared with the bank, Visa or MasterCard, and all credit reporting agencies. This is unavoidable too.

    You are not getting out of this unless you allow it to seriously affect your life.

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    • ciferecaNinjo@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I figured you were trolling but gave you the benefit of the doubt right up until you mentioned “all credit reporting agencies”, in Belgium. There are no credit bureaus in Belgium, only a central bank which (unlike US credit bureaus) is public sector and not interested in grabbing data for profit, or in obtaining any data it’s not legally required to obtain. Nice try though.

      But FYI, your assumption would be wrong even in the US as well. Request your credit report from whichever credit bureau you believe is buying location data from your mobile phone provider. Notice the location data is not on that report. Then go to your local small claims court and spend ~$100 to open a lawsuit against them for $1k (+~100 in court costs). Bring to court proof that they bought your realtime CDMA/GSM location data, a copy of your credit report showing it’s not there, and a copy of the federal law requiring that credit report to be complete. It might be the easiest $1k you’ve earned. You don’t have to prove actual damages either because the statute specifies $1k per violation. If you can catch all three credit bureaus doing what you claim, that’s an easy $3k. Good luck!

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