Identity Swapping to Confuse the Database Marketers

from the there's-an-idea dept

An amusing article about folks who swap their supermarket club cards to confuse the database marketers. First they sign up for the cards using false (often famous) names, and then they pass them around. Not surprisingly, the industry isn’t all that worried about the effect this is having.


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