The linked article is unrelated to the title but there’s and interesting quote from there:

(side note: the alt text for that image is: “Every credit card network is also a data sieve, connected to advertising data brokers, anti-fraud features, and analytics firms.” Does anyone know how to embed the alt-text with the image tags?)

Visa and Mastercard both have opt-out mechanisms whereby you can anonymously enter your card number and then that number becomes removed from their data sharing. But there’s a catch: both opt-out pages block Tor. So Visa and MC force you to share your IP address which can then become linked to your credit card number if you opt-out of sharing.

Does anyone think that can be challenged to force Visa and Mastercard to stop blocking Tor on opt-out requsts?

#askFedi #lawFedi