XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.pri   
   acy.anon-server   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: newyana@invalid.nospam   
      
   On 9/24/2024 4:29 PM, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > If you're one of the tin-foil hat wearing loonies, then the only way to   
   > get real "privacy" is to live alone and completely self-sufficient in a   
   > cave in the ass-end of nowhere, hundreds of miles from the nearest other   
   > person, and not use any public utilities or services.   
   >   
      
      Well put. That's exactly the logic of the ostrich. "Gee, it's   
   impossible anyway, so why bother?" Then to really reassure   
   yourself you can decide that anyone who cares about privacy   
   is a tinfoil hat wearing loony who lives in the wilderness.   
      
      There is a grain of truth in that. I protect privacy. I don't   
   normally carry a cellphone. I block domains from Google and   
   trackers in my HOSTS file. But I also give up some convenience.   
   I'm not calling doordash to bring me a cup of coffee. I'm   
   not using Ubers. I'm not using Venmo because I'm not afraid   
   of cash. I don't get the BS discounts at Whole Foods that I could   
   get if I tell Bezos my shopping list. I know how to read a map,   
   so I don't need Waze. I don't use social media...   
      
       For the average cellphone addict these days, surveillance   
   and ads are inseparable from normal daily life. So to think of   
   someone not diddling a cellphone through-out the day probably   
   does feel like loony-land to you.   
      
      Interestingly, 2 of the 5 groups on this thread are privacy   
   groups.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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