The Internet start-up Blippy-dot-com keeps tracks of your spending habits online, much like Twitter keeps track of your random thoughts.
Users register a credit card with the site, and every transaction on that card is displayed to friends on Blippy.
Martina Castro of member station KALW reports on why anyone would want to do this.
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