I suggest privacy advocates draw a distinction between potential sources of tracking and likely sources of tracking.
Tracking by a credit card: 100% happening. If that's a problem for you you definitly should pay by cash or use a privacy preserving card like the author does.
The app looking at history of WiFi hotspots to expose you: Pretty unlikely. Tethering to prevent "a record of a home wifi connection point" is really low value work.
Yeah and what are the odds Disney is correlating their license plate scanners with anything in the park? I’d assume the license plates only get looked at if a crime occurs
They actually list specific uses in a separate policy [1]
> our use of the ALPR Data is limited to the following purposes:
> * To enhance your experience while visiting such properties such as, for example, by assisting in locating a lost vehicle;
> * To prevent unauthorized use of our facilities; and
> * To detect, investigate and prevent activities that may violate our policies, be illegal, or otherwise impact the safety and security of our guests and/or third parties.
> I’d assume the license plates only get looked at if a crime occurs
Why do you assume that? Disney is a major multinational corporation. It's hard for me to believe that such companies are willing to leave money on the table.
Tracking by a credit card: 100% happening. If that's a problem for you you definitly should pay by cash or use a privacy preserving card like the author does.
The app looking at history of WiFi hotspots to expose you: Pretty unlikely. Tethering to prevent "a record of a home wifi connection point" is really low value work.