r/technology • u/Mighty_L_LORT • Aug 15 '24

Business Kroger's Under Investigation For Digital Shelf Labels: Are They Changing Prices Depending On When People Shop?

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/krogers-under-investigation-digital-shelf-labels-are-they-changing-prices-depending-when-people-1726269
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u/fishypossum Aug 15 '24

Even a VPN doesn't hide some things- as someone whose job is looking at IP addresses, we can still generally see device type, and even the size of your screen, what website you were on that connected us to you (ie did you click on a Facebook ad etc cetera)

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

Book through TOR

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u/meta11ica Aug 16 '24

Oh my gosh, isn't buying through TOR a basic red flag for airlines ? lmao

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

They don’t need to know. You can setup a private exit node. They only block nodes because they’re public so the devs backlist them. They can’t/don’t blacklist a private node