They laughed when I refused to give my phone number to Radio Shack when I bought that $2 bag of pin jumpers.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/despite-privacy-policy-radioshack-customer-data-up-for-sale-in-auction/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/despite-privacy-policy-radioshack-customer-data-up-for-sale-in-auction/
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@n8@identi.ca I refused too.. plus the last time I was in a RadioShack was so long ago that even if I had the information would be irrelevant.
I like to make up random phone numbers each time a store asks for one.
Jason Self at 2015-03-26T19:18:17Z
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I've been to a few retailers that ask for customers' zip codes. Since it isn't the cashier's fault (but they get punished for not collecting the info), I give them 90210. They give me knowing smiles and their managers never know the difference.
>> lnxwalt@microca.st:
“I've been to a few retailers that ask for customers' zip codes. Since it isn't the cashier's fault (but they get punished for not collecting the info), I give them 90210. They give me knowing smiles and their managers never know the difference.”
If you want to check their validation, give them 96799. They'll be wondering why folks from American Samoa are visiting.
Then again, that was legitimately my ZIP code for a brief while...