This is after forcing login to a store account:

At least they don’t hide in their ToS that:

“l agree to let Walmart monitor my use of Walmart WiFi, including to:

  • Determine my presence in Walmart stores
  • Associate information about me with my Walmart account
  • Improve products and services
  • Gather market insights about my in-store purchases and activities”

But that’s not enough, they need to monitor your internet activity further too.

For further reading, some greatest hits (the section headers on Wiki’s Criticism of Walmart):

  • Local communities
  • Allegations of predatory pricing and supplier issues
  • Labor relations
  • Poorly run and understaffed stores
  • No AEDs in stores (automated external defibrillators)
  • Imports and globalization
  • Product selection
  • Taxes
  • Animal welfare
  • Midtown Walmart
  • Opioids settlement
  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
    82·
    2 months ago

    but do you really expect to have an expectation of privacy when using someone else’s network

    That is kind of the concept behind the internet. A bunch of networks passing packets along, using the same protocol, not asking questions about their content.

    Fifteen years ago we had a whole battle and everyone other than the evils at the top were against deep packet inspection. This new generation is a bunch of bootlickers.

    • Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, wtf is going on here? You’re allowed to say corporations shouldn’t do things, even if they’re technically legal.

      Are these people such fierce libertarians that they support Eli Lilly’s right to price gouge diabetics for their insulin?

    • fishos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      2 months ago

      Do you miss the part where you’re not paying to use that network and it’s offered as a free service? I’m old too dumbass. I remember before wifi even existed. Do you also go to Walmart and expect to be able to charge your batteries for free off their power? Or use their phones for free?

      You’re confusing free as in beer and free as in speech. No one is forcing you to use their FREE service. Use your own cellular network jackass. The network that you DO pay to use.

      What’s next, going to someones house and demanding their Wi-Fi password because “the Internet is free man!”