I am going to crawl under the bed. My cat is already there. No one can find us there. I will know if I am compromised if I start getting ads for beds, blankets and cat supplies.
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
October 12, 2019, 09:53 PM
pbslinger
Sugar in the raw? You're lucky you didn't get job offers to make cotton candy at a nudist resort.
October 12, 2019, 10:10 PM
ensigmatic
I'm not sure whether some of you guys are funny, or frightening.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
October 13, 2019, 07:02 AM
frayedends
quote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic: I'm not sure whether some of you guys are funny, or frightening.
LOL. Me too. I have not been comforted. Buying the heavy duty non stick foil now.
These go to eleven.
October 13, 2019, 07:32 AM
r0gue
There is bluetooth technology in shopping centers that knows where you stop/pause. By now, all of our accounts and devices are correlated through various contact points we've made.
Though far more likely, your purchase info was sold. Did you use that store's barcode scan card to get your discount/perk-points? I spoke to the I.T. director of a major local grocery chain who flat out told me well over 10 years ago, "we're a data analytic company that sells groceries".
October 13, 2019, 07:48 AM
gjgalligan
quote:
Originally posted by pbslinger: You're lucky you didn't get job offers to make cotton candy at a nudist resort.
I might be available if it is close to home!
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking.
October 13, 2019, 08:04 AM
apprentice
quote:
Originally posted by P226RN: Yep listening. So I use it to my advantage. When I want to get some bath and body works products on sale I just randomly talk about them to myself with my phone nearby. Usually about a day later they are on sale. The first time I thought, well, that’s just me being paranoid. After the 5th time I am a believer.
That is a pragmatic and awesome hack. Wonder how long we have before AI is made to counter it.
October 13, 2019, 08:34 AM
XinTX
_______________________ “The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” Ayn Rand
“If we relinquish our rights because of fear, what is it exactly, then, we are fighting for?” Sen. Rand Paul
October 13, 2019, 08:43 AM
Skins2881
quote:
Originally posted by r0gue: There is bluetooth technology in shopping centers that knows where you stop/pause. By now, all of our accounts and devices are correlated through various contact points we've made.
Though far more likely, your purchase info was sold. Did you use that store's barcode scan card to get your discount/perk-points? I spoke to the I.T. director of a major local grocery chain who flat out told me well over 10 years ago, "we're a data analytic company that sells groceries".
That is why I use fake names for my Safeway and Food Lion cards.
Big Suger, if you read SIGforum, my name, address, and phone number are:
Fake Name 123 Any St Anytown, NY 12345
(123) 456-7890
Guy at food lion worked up the courage to ask me how to pronounce my name. Told him to think about it and it dawned on him Name, Fake was actually a fake name. Some of the clerks will say "thank you Mr. Name." I should get on their asses about assuming my gender.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis
October 13, 2019, 09:08 AM
sig2392
For those with the tin foil hats.
When walking around and if not using them, turn off your WiFi and Bluetooth.
It cuts down on the indoor tracking.
October 13, 2019, 09:45 AM
joel9507
quote:
Originally posted by BBMW: Not the phone camera. The GPS knows where you are to the inch.
Yep - where you are and how fast you went by (or how long you lingered.) And the Food Lion (and other retailers) know to the inch, what is where on their shelves and their UPC checkout data knows what you bought (and what you didn't.)
Originally posted by BBMW: Not the phone camera. The GPS knows where you are to the inch.
Yep - where you are and how fast you went by (or how long you lingered.) And the Food Lion (and other retailers) know to the inch, what is where on their shelves and their UPC checkout data knows what you bought (and what you didn't.)
Neither I nor my wife have those so-called smart phones. And I keep my old style phone turned off when I do not have to use it. So we do not get any of those calls other here have talked about.
I was toying with the idea to get one of those smart phones, but after reading this thread, and some other comments, about the tracking and eaves dropping, not gonna do it!
Elk
There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour)
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson
"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville
FBHO!!!
The Idaho Elk Hunter
October 13, 2019, 10:53 AM
benny6
Are you using an android or iPhone? I refuse to get an Alexa and echo for the reasons in this post.
