• 0 Posts
  • 16 Comments
Joined 1Y ago
cake
Cake day: Aug 01, 2023

help-circle
rss

Ew Location based stuff is even less privacy. That is a feature I never turn on unless I really need directions …



Right, but that’s a lot more work. Costs them, time and effort and processing costs and power.

Its not sustainable or scalable at that form factor


Some credit cards offer 2% cash back… (Not points) So it’s hard to give that up when you get 2% off for just about every dollar you spend. Why wouldn’t you put every dollar on card you would normally spend.

This doesn’t work well if you are paying interest…

If you’re fiscally savvy and don’t overspend and can pay your balance in full every month and are not paying interest, this is a strong vote for choosing over cash.

However, without that…I see no benefit and would use more cash for all reasons in this thread.


Thanks for clarifying, I misunderstood the question.

The content on YouTube is golden and likely cannot be replaced, created elsewhere.

Hence, stripping the junk is what makes it palatable for me.

Cheers



I flew Icelandic air recently and they had A 4 minute long ad playing with no way to skip or mute that had to play before the entertainment system was available. It played a soon as you turned it on!

I had to unplug and look away for 4+ minutes



Forsure, but if you still had the download and went to the sites official page today and could check if it matches to alleviate fear you downloaded a fake version etc.


Did you get the app from trusted source? Did you check the md5 / sha512 hash after downloading to ensure no tamper?

That would freak me out also…


Grayjay is awesome! (Alternative to YouTube)



What is wrong with a paper wallet? An offline “cold storage” approach


Great question!

A National internet ID of course!

it might be called a Crypto-quantum-cyber-safety-passcode and you’ll need to use it in any site that collects and stores data about you. It will be for your safety!

/s

Speaking of...

Has it ever been explored to pen a modern day update similar to , or to  the constitution (amendment)?

(It would add new things) which could  prevent future stupid laws and the encroachment of individual privacy and how other entities can collect, store, use and sell one's data and metadata they create. It would also avoid wasting of resources..


I'm sure there are other modern things today that the founding fathers could never  have imagined at the time  - but you better believe they would have included if they had the slightest idea!

The tough part is that it would need to be well thought out and reasonable (and practical) 


Otherwise, it will always be a knee jerk defensive reaction to all this nonsense all the time. It's exhausting and a waste of $


One thing I would suspect is they leverage third parties and share your phone number to get back additional known data about you or your interests or other activities which other companies have shared. I think in a way it ends up being a connection point for your data across many places.