XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.pri   
   acy.anon-server   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-09-24 16:41, Newyana2 wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Oh... ...I get it now!   
      
   You're a loon!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)