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re: Does it frighten you or concern you that your habits are tracked?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:17 am to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:17 am to meauxjeaux2
You do realize that you aren't being forced to use Google, right?
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Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:17 am to terd ferguson
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And I really enjoy those threads people start here asking Chicken why he has ads for dildos and such not realizing that those ads are populated using their search results.
I am still wondering what I have searched that causes me to get the environmental add that shows a picture of a turtle who's shell has grown around a dog collar or some shite.
I haven't clicked the link in 6 months....give up, Chicken!
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:17 am to Salmon
yup 
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:18 am to LNCHBOX
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Is someone forcing you to use Google and all its products? Seems we are still free.
So the only way to be free of surveillance is to stop using the internet and ditch our smartphones?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:19 am to Rounder1
Do you use Chrome? The ad block feature removes all of that nonsense from my screen.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:19 am to JBeam
quote:the reason for this thread is i purchased this phone from Google Fi
You do realize that you aren't being forced to use Google, right?
It runs on Googles network. I am now getting bombarded by ads and emails since activating this phone. I did not have as many issues when i was using my good ole Sammy S5
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:20 am to NYNolaguy1
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So the only way to be free of surveillance is to stop using the internet and ditch our smartphones?
By your definition, apparently.
I feel pretty free, and I have no problem using those services.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:21 am to NYNolaguy1
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So the only way to be free of surveillance is to stop using the internet and ditch our smartphones?
kinda...yeah
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:23 am to meauxjeaux2
Meh, not too concerned.
Not any more invasive than the ankle bracelet I have to wear.
Not any more invasive than the ankle bracelet I have to wear.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:23 am to LNCHBOX
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By your definition, apparently.
I feel pretty free, and I have no problem using those services.
Did you have a problem with the FBI telling Apple to hand over its security keys?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:23 am to meauxjeaux2
quote:That's not entirely true. Did you have a gmail account when you got your S5? If so, when you powered up your phone for the first time it asked for an email/account name (Now Samsung has their own account program). I promise you that you were being tracked and receiving notifications back then. But they were probably being filtered to your "Promotions" box of your email.
It runs on Googles network. I am now getting bombarded by ads and emails since activating this phone. I did not have as many issues when i was using my good ole Sammy S5
I have an S6 and google sends me notifications about things I would be interested in or things they think I would be interested in.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:25 am to NYNolaguy1
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Did you have a problem with the FBI telling Apple to hand over its security keys?
Not in that specific instance, not really. I'm also fairly confident that no one will have any interest in randomly hacking my phone to spy on me. I'm just not that important. And if someone is actively spying on me, hello. Sorry your job sucks this bad.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:25 am to NYNolaguy1
This all reminds me of some Sci Fi movie I watched years ago. As the guy was walking down the street, billboards and ads would change to things specific for him. I think we are almost there now.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:26 am to Salmon
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I wrap.my phone in tin foil
I wrap.my head and phone just to be safe.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:28 am to jbgleason
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This all reminds me of some Sci Fi movie I watched years ago. As the guy was walking down the street, billboards and ads would change to things specific for him. I think we are almost there now.
Minority Report, also a great movie on predictive crime statistics.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:28 am to NYNolaguy1
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Link?
Come on, you know exactly what I mean.
But alas...
LINK
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Freedom of speech is a thing we will have to tell our great grand kids about-you know, something we did freely when we could think on our own.
Your comment in a thread discussing an investigation at a private university.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:29 am to meauxjeaux2
As long as you aren't on the arse end of Zola's Algorithm you have nothing to worry about when it comes to Project Insight.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:29 am to jbgleason
quote:I think it would be pretty interesting if we made certain peoples google search history public. Mainly because people google some weird arse shite nowadays.
This all reminds me of some Sci Fi movie I watched years ago. As the guy was walking down the street, billboards and ads would change to things specific for him. I think we are almost there now.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:33 am to slackster
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Come on, you know exactly what I mean.
It was not my words that were in the comment about free speech and employers. Maybe someone else said it?
The original comment I made was in reference to everyone getting upset over politically incorrect things. There was a time when these kinds of comments were less offensive. That was the root of
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Freedom of speech is a thing we will have to tell our great grand kids about-you know, something we did freely when we could think on our own.
Eta-
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These are the same guys who think getting fired from a private company over your comments is a free speech violation.
Isn't in the same ballpark as what you quoted by the way.
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 9:37 am
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:34 am to BACONisMEATcandy
I must be doing something wrong or missing whatever results I'm supposed to see....
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