Pet Peeves

[tripletfeb]

This. Enjoy tracking me to a number of exotic locations around the world while I tune my adblockers to eat your cookies.

Yup. Location says I'm in Seattle. I'm literally across the country

 

[troyer]

This. Enjoy tracking me to a number of exotic locations around the world while I tune my adblockers to eat your cookies.

That might be one reason I hardly ever get any ads.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yup. Location says I'm in Seattle. I'm literally across the country

Mines location says your address.

 

[tripletfeb]

Mines location says your address.

 

[bill3607]

Uh-oh. I got th

I set Duck Duck GO as my default browser. I haven't heard of the other two. Any recommendations.
I understand D D Go, is suppose to be private but then it goes back into Google for search and that can be biased of at least full of ads. But I'm the least computer savvy so I'm open to corrections or suggestions.

I think with anything you will get ads while on a site. What you will not get is tracking with the DDG. No more looking at lawn tractors and then getting bombarded with advertisements for lawn tractors, or at least cut it way down. That has been my experience.

You just want to hamper them from making a profile of you and using that profile to manipulate you, because that is exactly what they are trying to do. They can end up knowing you better than your own family does, or perhaps even better than you know yourself. That is the goal for them. And, of course the ultimate goal is money, money, money.

There is a documentary that I believe is on Netflix now, the name eludes me, that really shows you what they are doing. They have some of the people that created all this that are now feeling guilty about it and are speaking out.

If you are heavy into the big social media sites then they got the profile made. And, there is no way to be completely out of it unless you stay completely offline, but you can really reduce it.

I am certainly not claiming to be an expert on any of this. I do not even like the word expert for that matter. However, they are about as close to being experts on what they are trying to do as you can get.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I think with anything you will get ads while on a site. What you will not get is tracking with the DDG. No more looking at lawn tractors and then getting bombarded with advertisements for lawn tractors, or at least cut it way down. That has been my experience.

You just want to hamper them from making a profile of you and using that profile to manipulate you, because that is exactly what they are trying to do. They can end up knowing you better than your own family does, or perhaps even better than you know yourself. That is the goal for them. And, of course the ultimate goal is money, money, money.

There is a documentary that I believe is on Netflix now, the name eludes me, that really shows you what they are doing. They have some of the people that created all this that are now feeling guilty about it and are speaking out.

If you are heavy into the big social media sites then they got the profile made. And, there is no way to be completely out of it unless you stay completely offline, but you can really reduce it.

I am certainly not claiming to be an expert on any of this. I do not even like the word expert for that matter. However, they are about as close to being experts on what they are trying to do as you can get.

The tinder swindler? Lol

 

[bill3607]

The tinder swindler? Lol

The tinder swindler? Lol

It think it is "The Social Dilemma" if it is still on there.

 

[bill3607]

I also put a piece of tape over my camera on my laptop. I do not do my phone yet since I like to take pics.

I told my staff why I did it and one guy put tape on over his phone camera and then was trying to take pictures and thought his phone was on the frits

I am not paranoid. Seriously, it is a good practice if you use a laptop. If you do not mind possibly being watched by some freak, or someone along those lines, then do not worry about it.

 

[topochico225]

I also put a piece of tape over my camera on my laptop. I do not do my phone yet since I like to take pics.

I told my staff why I did it and one guy put tape on over his phone camera and then was trying to take pictures and thought his phone was on the frits

I am not paranoid. Seriously, it is a good practice if you use a laptop. If you do not mind possibly being watched by some freak, or someone along those lines, then do not worry about it.

I use a little camera cover from Target that I can slide on or off, love it but sometimes I forget to slide it off on Zoom

 

[bill3607]

I use a little camera cover from Target that I can slide on or off, love it but sometimes I forget to slide it off on Zoom

That's neat. I didn't know someone had already made something. I should have known someone had jumped on the market. That is better than a piece of electrical tape or duct tape.