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DetectiveSanity

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PayPal Is Planning an Ad Business Using Data on Its Millions of Shoppers (www.wsj.com)

Wall Street Journal (paywalled) The digital payments company plans to build an ad sales business around the reams of data it generates from tracking the purchases as well as the broader spending behaviors of millions of consumers who use its services, which include the more socially-enabled Venmo app....

DetectiveSanity ,

Good luck having them delete your data cuz they didn't delete mine.

What is the most appropriate way of tracking web traffic?

I have my personal blog, made with Hugo and hosted on GitHub pages. Initially I did not turn on any kind of web tracking / web analytics, because I do not like tracking at all. But I want to make my blog better and to achieve it, I need a feedback loop about traffic. For example, what are the most popular publications, or how...

DetectiveSanity ,

Tracking how many users you have and how many of them visit an article is hardly any breach of privacy compared to what ad companies retain.

Use an open source solution about analytics and minimise data collection if not absolutely necessary.

DetectiveSanity ,

The developer was threatened with legal action I last read so he was forced to takedown.

DetectiveSanity ,

I fail to understand if a slap on the wrist is enough to defer these kids from the cookie.
Legislation needs to be passed and a no second strike policy implemented where you lose the licence in the event they are found to be illegally serving any parties.

DetectiveSanity ,

Surprise surprise!

You may be offered a free premium Telegram subscription – but please don’t accept (archive.is)

Telegram is giving away FREE Premium subscriptions! All they need from you is to use your cell phone as a relay to text out their OTP codes! And the recipient of the OTP sees your phone number! What could POSSIBLY go wrong with this deal?...

DetectiveSanity ,

One can never expect power of any kind to not be abused!

Advice on cleaning bloatware off of a new PC (www.bestbuy.com)

I helped my 77 year old mother purchase a new laptop, and I want to be sure to get all the bloatware off of it, and set her up with with some better privacy options. I am aMac guy at home so I haven't done this kind of thing for many years. (I use Windows at work, so I'm quite familiar and capable, but obviously I have to rely...

DetectiveSanity ,

To begin with you would need to configure the machine to the desktop disabling all what can be disabled.

Then I'd check something from here and remove only what can be deemed safe.

Having somewhat answered the main query if mom does not do anything that makes windows a necessity I'd highly suggest installing something like this and set yourself up for unattended remote control so you can assist if seen necessary.

DetectiveSanity ,

I will agree with you it's not the one stop solution but I recommend it due to having triaged it on my own.

Yes they gave me the mandatory eye roll and sighs as to why I installed Linux but aren't bothered with updates, ads, malware, tracking and whatnot. They want to watch a movie or do some work it just works and doesn't bog them.

Also I emphasise that I can't recommend it for CAD/Graphic/Professional workflows that are tailored for windows sadly.

DetectiveSanity ,

In all honesty there was a period of time I thought all hope was lost but EU seems to be the last knight standing against these greedy mf.

We all have to bear in mind these lawmakers are fighting against enemies with near limitless resources so give credit where it is due and let's back them up as much as possible!

DetectiveSanity ,

On Firefox you can set the browser to clear any type of data on quit and set exceptions for certain sites such as your search engine.

In addition you can set global preferences for data tracking and selling to inform all websites upon landing of your privacy settings.

DetectiveSanity ,

Using Ctrl+I seems the fastest route to allowing cookies to be set for one domain! (desktop tested)

DetectiveSanity ,

it is in the permissions tab after you uncheck "use defaults"

Time to ditch #duckduckgo (lemmy.world)

In the last couple of months I have noticed an increasing trend of supplying me search results that are completely unrelated to the current query and tie back to my location or previous searches. I can say this with a high degree of certainty this is without a doubt beyond the 100th instance this has happened....

DetectiveSanity ,

I think that is a bit of a tall order don't you!?

DetectiveSanity ,

I have defaulted to an assertive method of straight up refusing to join any mainstream services!

If they want me to use it then they must provide the hardware which I can turn off outside operation hours.

DetectiveSanity ,

Accurately made me giggle!

DetectiveSanity ,

How exactly does that verify that you are the owner of the mentioned account nor verify legitimate interest in withdrawing consent from being included in their marketing campaigns!?

DetectiveSanity ,

You have no need to tell them that!

Turn on your VPN in a country which is privacy sensitive and inform them that you are withdrawing consent to storing or processing your data.

I've dropped a template below which sums up some GDPR directives.

Tap for spoiler

To Whom It May Concern:

I am hereby requesting immediate erasure of personal data concerning me according to Article 17 GDPR.

Please erase all personal data concerning me as defined by Article 4(1) GDPR.

-name and surname
-email address
-phone number
-home address
-date of birth
-race
-gender
-political opinions
-credit card numbers
-health data
-images that include biometric data (face, retina, fingerprint)
-identification number
-cookie ID
-internet protocol (IP) address
-location data
-advertising identifier of my devices
-logs of my activity
-typing habits
-voice recordings/samples
-height/weight data
-residential status
-profession/hobbies
-skills/talents

I am of the opinion that the requirements set forth in Article 17(1) GDPR are fulfilled. You cannot claim an exception based on Article 17(3) GDPR either, particularly as I am not a public figure.

If I have given consent to the processing of my personal data (e.g. according to Article 6(1) or Article 9(2) GDPR), I am hereby withdrawing said consent for the entire process.
In addition, I am objecting to the processing of personal data concerning me (which includes profiling), according to Article 21 GDPR. I request that you restrict the processing of the data concerning me pending the verification whether your legitimate grounds override mine, pursuant to Art. 18(1)(d) GDPR.

If you have made the aforementioned data public, you are obliged pursuant to Article 17(2) GDPR to take all reasonable steps to inform other controllers, including search engine operators, who process the personal data listed above, that I have requested the erasure of all links, copies or replications. This applies not only to exact copies of the data concerned, but also to those from which information contained in the data concerned can be derived.

In case you have disclosed the affected personal data to third parties, you have to communicate my request for erasure of the affected personal data, as well as any references to it, to each recipient as laid down in Article 19 GDPR. Please also inform me about those recipients.

If you object to the requested erasure, you have to justify that to me.

My request explicitly includes any other services and companies for which you are the controller as defined by Article 4(7) GDPR.

As laid down in Article 12(3) GDPR, you have to confirm the erasure to me without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of the request.

I am including the following information necessary for the sole purpose of identifying my data:

If you do not answer my request within the stated period, I am reserving the right to take legal action against you and to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

Thank you in advance.

Yours sincerely,
(Your name here)

DetectiveSanity ,

One could use MailDrop to sign up.

Downside is that you could go back to the site and check their email again making it a potential security risk, that is unless the account isn't worth pennies!

DetectiveSanity ,

Imagine if the dialer could sync a region specific spam blocklist

DetectiveSanity ,

I've yet to find someone good in the office since Kennedy!

Fancy charisma or not, all of them have some agenda to attend to that does not align with people's best interest.

DetectiveSanity ,

Maybe!

I learned the hard way to not take chances though!?

DetectiveSanity ,

DeGoogle your phone if you can.

I think is time to be proactive regarding privacy rather than just keep whining about it!

DetectiveSanity ,

Slow and steady is a better practice than going for the big ones outright.

People are not predictable and they need to be sure this wont affect their business by creating a trend. On second thought it is a bit surprising that no tiktok trend has exploded where they instruct people to block ads with uBlock.

DetectiveSanity ,

LineageOS without google is a good start if supported

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