‘We would only do so under the order of a subpoena.’

Because they couldn’t. He bought the bag before they automatically tracked all purchasers with a unique ID on the bags they sell. The CEO of PD actively called the tip line.

  • wicked_observer@lemm.ee
    31·
    6 days ago

    It’s so people can’t commit fraud mostly. There’s an epidemic of people buying something from a place like Amazon and then 2 years later buying it again and returning it but sending the old one back instead.

    This allows tracking of that. Otherwise the company loses money and has no recourse. I get it from that perspective. Even some phone cases have the same thing. Apple cases. Pikata cases. Many things and it is for this reason mostly.

    Not so they can track theft or hopefully track you.

    • CarrierLost@infosec.pub
      52·
      6 days ago

      If that’s their approach, I’ll just refrain from doing business with a company whose default position is that their customers are intending to commit fraud.