You may have caught recent news about a new web service that allows users to automatically share details of their daily purchases with friends and strangers alike. Blippy is being called “the Twitter of personal finance” by some, and the End of Days by others. Here’s how it works: users create a Blippy profile, enter one or more credit cards or store accounts to link to the profile, then select friends with whom they’ll share purchase information. Sounds harmless enough, so long as you’re comfortable with people knowing how many Dunkaccinos you consume on a daily basis. Or how much you’re spending on 70’s glam rock at iTunes.
