I mean, yeah. Lots of shopping centers have devices specialized on fingerprinting mac adress. It was already 10 years ago a thema that you should disable wlan and bluetooth if you go out of the house.
but I think the reason that some people feel it’s creepy is when it doesn’t feel useful, and it doesn’t feel like something they initiated or that they get a clear benefit from it”
Yeah. The monsters gnawing away at nature, public infrastructure, your friends? They are called corporations.
Btw, megacorps have multiple faces and are especially hungry.
Keep it with smartphones like you would with every other computer: reinstall the preinstalled OS. Meaning in Android: a model that supports custom rom.
Btw, Samsung has probably the most, hum, custom vendor rom on their phones.
Thought i share it, since it came in handy lots as a GoG enjoyer.
```
steamworkshop_dl() {
steamcmd +login anonymous +workshop_download_item "$1" "$2" validate +quit
mv -v "<path to your temp Steam folder>/steamapps/workshop/content/"$1"/"$2" "$PWD"/"$3"
}
```
Purpose: downloading Steam Workshop mod to $PWD with minimal work.
`Usage: steamworkshop_dl [game-id] [mod-id] [name]`
game-id is in the URL of the main workshop page, mod-id is in the URL of the mod
To make usage simpler, create an alias with the game-id:
```
alias stdl='steamworkshop_dl <game-id>'
stdl <mod-id> 'that mod'
```
Needs steamcmd. If download fails, try username and password instead of 'anonymous'.
Remember that you need an id to get a phone number in most countries. And how hot big IT is for your phone number. Aside from UKUSA and NSA programs doing way more.
The coping tactics are almost the same here, if you’re not a privacy nut.
Not to say it’s as bad as in China, especially here it’s for money (though not for me) and against terrorism. But the definition of terrorism can quickly change with someone like trump in power.
Yeah, push is a play services thing.