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csziggy

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21. That happens nearly anywhere you go on the internet

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #20)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 03:20 PM

Oct 2021

So the only way to avoid it is to stop using the internet altogether.

I've been online since 1982 in various levels. As early as The Source (later acquired by CompuServe) there were warnings about information garnered online. Just logging into a site allows them to see your IP address which leads to your location.

Privacy is pretty much over. If you think Facebook is the only entity which has eroded privacy, you are very ignorant.

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I heard that if a subscriber uses blockers, filters and only trusted friends let in, [View all] Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 OP

Don't like it Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #1

Thanks! KT2000 Oct 2021 #2

Why do you need blockers? brooklynite Oct 2021 #3

I have ad blockers KT2000 Oct 2021 #6

Ad blockers are for people who don't want ads, yes. And good for you for not even wanting Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #7

Even if you don't see a single ad, you are generating revenue for the force of evil. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #10

I use Facebook sometimes and have given them no data csziggy Oct 2021 #18

So you have given them data. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #20

That happens nearly anywhere you go on the internet csziggy Oct 2021 #21

Sir, the aggregation of meta data for ads for pets, etc., and the sale of personal private Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #26

Of what value is the propaganda of the right wing information bubble to inform anyone? Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #9

Ad blockers are a functional tool. Ads slow down your devices. GoodRaisin Oct 2021 #13

Pop quiz Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #16

You're missing the point. Blockers don't stop your data from being sold or stolen. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #8

Yes, sir. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #11

That I did not know KT2000 Oct 2021 #15

What's currently in my Facebook feed... brooklynite Oct 2021 #4

I use FB to promote local music, and to stay in touch with real life friends. Progressive Jones Oct 2021 #24

Hmm...I suggest you stay off Facebook, then. MineralMan Oct 2021 #5

Well I am of the block those I want to block "group" Peacetrain Oct 2021 #12

Disagree with her or not, Unfriending Facebook is next best thing to voting them out.... Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #14

I have no idea what you're trying to say here. Captain Stern Oct 2021 #17

The point: Blockers don't stop your data from being sold or stolen lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #19

Better way to keep our data from being sold or stolen... Captain Stern Oct 2021 #22

Sir, am not on FB...on for 2 months 10 years ago...I fled in horror even then. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #23

OMG people are so freaking naive Skittles Oct 2021 #25

Truly. Although I beg to differ in that the devil already has a firm grip on some souls, most do Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #27