How three small credit card transactions could reveal your identity

[Kent Sharkey]

Network world[^]:

Just three small clues—receipts for a pizza, a coffee and a pair of jeans—are enough information to identify a person’s credit card transactions from among those of a million people, according to a new study.

Hi. I'm bananas, rum, and chicken biryani

[Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter]

So if I do not wear jeans and didn't ordered pizza like 10 years I'm safe?

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

[Sander Rossel]

First I read "how spending money that isn't yours with a card that's not very secure could get you into trouble" (I'm Dutch and credit cards aren't much of a thing here). Then I read the article and it was nothing like that.

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[Michael Gazonda]

Nope, that's a positive ID.

[Dan Neely]

Worse; the lack of pants purchases might get you confused with Sean, and have advertisers bombarding you with mankini ads. :omg:

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

[PIEBALDconsult]

I'm the guy using cash.