home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   comp.misc      General topics about computers not cover      21,759 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 20,544 of 21,759   
   Computer Nerd Kev to nospam@example.net   
   Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope    
   20 Feb 25 08:29:33   
   
   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   D  wrote:   
   > On Tue, 19 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >> No, Google can track you via their Captchas, which I guess even   
   >> many NoScript users allow by default because the three page reloads   
   >> to let them through when a website requires it is a real pain in   
   >> the neck.   
   >   
   > Oh, I simply don't use web sites where I get captchas.   
      
   Yikes! No online shopping then? I'm always getting them, from the   
   shopping sites, PayPal, or Credit Card payment processors.   
   Alibaba/Aliexpress at least self-host theirs - but half the time   
   they decide I'm a robot and won't let me through at all!   
      
   --   
   __          __   
   #_ < |\| |< _#   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca