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Privacy
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I've effectively excised fb from my life and i'm becomming kinda proud since so many people still struggle with that one.
Tbh, me too, but funny enough I've tried to setup fb account just for fb marketplace but I keep getting banned because they want my DL license (lol nah bitch)
I wonder if its illegal to put some clear coating on license plates to prevent AI cameras from scanning it?
Pretty much. Iirc there are a handful of places in the US that allow license plate covers but it's usually illegal to obscure it for any reason when driving on public roads
FWIW in Belgium you can get prepaid nameless cards. The post and their bank partner know it's yours (due to KYC) but not the shops and for online shops you can use drop boxes.
For membership cards I specifically reject because of that. It's optional though so IMHO it's precisely the easiest thing to escape, just say no.
Which company if I may ask? Name and schame... Honestly I would leave such a invasive company. It is not worth it.
Not going to say the company, but every single company I've worked on does this to their remote workers, you just don't know about it.
Understandable you dont name it. I never hat a company be like this how ever.
You can escape the big tech tracking by installing uBlock Origin in your browser, and if you use their services, disabling personalised ads and search/activity history in their accounts.
Cloudflare and AWS say "Hi" ๐
UBO is a very good tech that I strongly recommend too though. Just gotta be aware of its limits.
Cloudflare just checks for bot activity and AWS is just a hosting provider. They don't use data for ads or sell it to anyone.
The original claim was about tracking ("escape the big tech tracking"), so here AWS and Cloudflare are definitely relevant. The content, including input, also flows through them I think? It's specifically unencrypted if I get it right.
it's so dystopian when I travel to countries where cashless vendors are a thing. Recently Germany took me by surprise, they have been a bastion of cash for a long time, and during my last trip there were many restaurants with "no cash accepted" signs. Just like in the UK or Norway where privacy is already a lost cause