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'"Walmartwifi" isn't compatible with iCloud Private Relay' | Store demands privacy sacrifice to use internet in their cavernous dead zone of a building (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is after forcing login to a store account:

At least they don’t hide in their ToS that:

“l agree to let Walmart monitor my use of Walmart WiFi, including to:

Determine my presence in Walmart stores
Associate information about me with my Walmart account
Improve products and services
Gather market insights about my in-store purchases and activities”

But that’s not enough, they need to monitor your internet activity further too.

For further reading, some greatest hits (the section headers on Wiki’s Criticism of Walmart):

Local communities
Allegations of predatory pricing and supplier issues
Labor relations
Poorly run and understaffed stores
No AEDs in stores (automated external defibrillators)
Imports and globalization
Product selection
Taxes
Animal welfare
Midtown Walmart
Opioids settlement

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I don't understand why you would need wifi in a supermarket. What are you doing while shopping that mobile data can't handle?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (51 children)

Nah. Their network their rules. Quit your bitching or use 5g.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

LOL, "your communication cannot go through our service that we can monitor, so somebody else might be spying on you, black is white, war is peace, freedom is slavery"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Oh this gives me good reason to find a Walmart. I would love to see how it handles VPNs and it would be a fun game to set up a travel router that can obfuscate the VPN tunnel if needed.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (7 children)

The irony of using Apple products, thinking "Private" means "private".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Do you think the advertising company’s phone is more private?

Google doesn’t make money when you buy a Samsung Galaxy. Google tracks everything you do on your Galaxy. They then take this data and sell targeted advertisement at you. Google makes money when they sell you to advertisers.

Apple makes money when you buy an iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Google offers an easy to use VPN and bountiful security controls.

So yes. Unless you can point out what your actually talking about instead of vague generalities.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Apple appears to be double dipping. I don't use apple products beyond a MacBook. Why for example the laptop has a unique advertiser id (which looks like it can't even be disabled in newer os versions)?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

That is true of Android as well.

And remember that while iOS is built by a tech company first and foremost, Android is built by an advertisement company first and foremost.

I have tried both, and only Android gives me the feeling that someone is constantly looking over my shoulder.

I know Apple does also, but I don't get the same feeling.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure your feelings are more accurate than thousands of thousand security researchers trying to make a name for themselves.

This is more "Alexa is spying on me" ignorance and paranoia.

This entire thread...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Since there are so many security researchers agreeing with you, why didn't you link a few reports to support your claim?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You pay the premium price to feel better about the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Quite possible

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

How do ya compare incentives of Apple/Cloudflare & the big box store in terms of data privacy?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Murrica lmao

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