#38 The Barcode That Changed the World

You thought it was just a faster checkout. But that little beep at the register quietly reshaped retail, rewired your habits, and launched one of the first behavioral data systems ever used on the public — without your consent. This is the story of how a black-and-white square became the first invisible tether between you and the algorithm. And now you know… the part they left out.

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