🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'PayPal is building an ad network based on your Venmo data'

28 May 2024 - kudos:

This is why I include nonsense descriptions for all my Venmo transactions. link to “PayPal is building an ad network based on your Venmo data”

14 February 2023 - kudos:

Venmo’s insistence that transactions be accompanied by notes makes me wonder what they’re doing with that data. For several months now, I’ve insisted on replacing any helpful indication with random characters.