Google Wallet: the End of Anonymous Shopping

jfruhlinger writes "Google today announced Google Wallet, an NFC-based payment system that will allow people to pay for purchases just by waving their phone across a reader. It's the beginning of a future where commercial transactions are 'frictionless' and convenient — but it's a future where every transaction can be tracked and data-mined, as Dan Tynan points out. Stores can user information about your Doritos purchases to rearrange their wares; Google could push coupons via its new Google Offers service; your health insurance company might be interested in your sodium intake."

Hyperbole

[Sonny Yatsen]

C'mon, Google Wallet is the end of anonymous shopping? No, if you don't want to be tracked by Google Wallet, just don't use Google Wallet. If you want to stay anonymous, use cash.

And wear a hat.
And gloves.
And a fake mustache.

Re:Hyperbole

[Stunning Tard]

BitCoins! I have no idea what they have to do with the current discussion, just throwing it out there.