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Wow. If they really connect transactions and people by name that would be super amateurish. It just shows that no single entity should have that much data becau
by maxxxxx 7y ago
Wow. If they really connect transactions and people by name that would be super amateurish. It just shows that no single entity should have that much data because the bigger they get it will be more and more likely that people will do stupid things. There is no way around it.
- Gaelan 7y agoI don’t think that’s what’s going on. I think it’s like this: GP’s email address is john.doe@gmail.com Lots of people are named John Doe, and some of them think their email address is john.doe@gmail.com When those people buy something online, they (incorrectly) provide their email address as john.doe@gmail.com Emails about the products purchased end up going to GP Google shows GP information about products that show up in his email
- maxxxxx 7y agoOk. I misread. So people are basically mistyping their own E-mail?
- durnygbur 7y agoThere must be some psychological treat that many people just enter <name>.<surname>@gmail.com from laziness, carelessness, or treating the address as a black hole? This happens too often all around the world.
- ImprovedSilence 7y agomeh, years ago quite a few retail stores started asking for your email after a purchase. I would wager there is a sizable subset that a) didn't want to give their real email, b) but were too polite to decline, (as the cashier would ask "what's your email", and it wouldn't sound like an option) and so c) just gave a fake/dummy email that somewhat relates to their real name.