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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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[–] takeda@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Quite possible

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

You can literally sniff the fucking traffic and see that's not true. You understand there are laws of physics at play here and the devices can't sneak data/etc past them, right? Default android devices send significantly more data back to home base than a defaultly configured iOS device.