From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Richard Hershberger submitted this idea :   
   > On Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 2:04:37 PM UTC-5, Snidely wrote:   
   >> With a quizzical look, billvan@shaw.ca observed:   
   >>> On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 9:08:06 AM UTC-8, Snidely wrote:   
   >>>> Tuesday, Richard Hershberger quipped:   
   >>>>> On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 8:18:20 PM UTC-4, Howard wrote:   
   >>>>>> I hate it when websites don't give you the option of seeing what you've   
   >>>>>> typed when you're filling in a field.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I get that they want to protect people who want to enter important info   
   >>>>>> in  the middle of an airport waiting area, but for those who are alone   
   >>>>>> at home  or in an office it would be nice to be able to turn off the   
   >>>>>> default and  see  the minimum 14 character password they are forcing us   
   >>>>>> to create with  upper  and lower case letters and at least one number   
   >>>>>> and one  non-alphanumeric  character.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Yes, there are workarounds, but it would be so much nicer to just have a   
   >>>>>> "see typing" option right there.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We're doing website pet peeves?  Cool!  My current peeve is how every   
   >>>>> website  nowadays asks if I want them to spam me.  It would be lovely   
   >>>>> were  there an  option to automatically answer no.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Blame the privacy laws, Richie.  The sites don't /want/ to ask to spam   
   >>>> you, but even less do they want to pay big fines or be blocked.  And   
   >>>> actually, the warnings have more to do with selling your data than with   
   >>>> spamming you.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There probably is a Firefox setting or extension to automatically   
   >>>> answer no, Chrome is a bit more iffy, early Edge probably not, and I   
   >>>> don't know about Edge-as-skin-on-Chrome.   
   >>>>   
   >>> I get very few spam emails these days, no more than one or two a week.   
   >>> I'm not running any software to block spam, so I assume that my provider   
   >>> -- Shaw Cable, one of Canada's two largest network and connectivity   
   >>> providers -- is doing a good job of identifying and blocking it. Unless   
   >>> all the spammers have seen the error of their ways and joined monastic   
   >>> orders, of course.   
   >>   
   >> This isn't about classic spammers, it's about visiting a site, and   
   >> having your presence shared by data brokers.   
   >   
   > I was thinking about the question of do I want notifications from this site?   
   > The answer is no.  The answer will always be no.  When I finally broke down   
   > and got a smart phone, I quickly realized that I would, by default, be   
   > inundated by useless notifications, drowning out the few I actually wanted,   
   > which are of attempts to contact me specifically:  text messages, missed   
   > calls, and voice mail.  So I took the time to go through and turn off   
   > notifications for everything else.  This was a pain, but once it was done it   
   > was done.  Now websites are in on the act, often asking me every damned time.   
   >  No, I do not want your notifications.  No, I will not want it the next time   
   > you ask.  Asking me again simply tells me that I should reconsider visiting   
   > your site again.   
   >   
   > Richard Hershberger   
      
   I have no problem with text message spam.  I get the occassional   
   "you've won XX" but everything else is related to normal contacts and   
   my bank.   
      
   I have two mail accounts that my phone knows about; all the voicemail   
   goes to the one that handles mainly family mail.  No problem with   
   website notification.   
      
   Missed calls show up on the phone app, and the website notifications   
   don't do phone calls.   
      
   All the updates I'm interested are quickly checked from the status bar   
   at the top of the phone screen.   
      
   /dps   
      
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