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[โ€“] elvith@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On the other hand - they could access that data all the time since they bought it. This just simplifies this a little bit to tie it to your "real" account and combine it with all the other data about you

[โ€“] non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They did access the data. Read about the Pebble IP fiasco.