Spooky...
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
This comes to mind; scene from Taken[^]
VS2010/Atmel Studio 6.1 ToDo Manager Extension The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. -Steven Wright
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
That's pretty bad. I also don't like ATMs wishing me a happy birthday.
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
Quite a few years ago I used a PO Box for confidential postage (before pron was on line) and naturally did not mention it's existence to anyone (specifically the wife). While applying for some bank service they asked me which postal address I wanted to use, and there was the PO Box details. This was in the 90s so the bastards have been doing this sort of thing for a long time. The real irony is that a couple of years later I was doing some work for the same bank and had the opportunity to vent my irritation at a rather senior level.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge!
They probably got their data from the NSA. ;) Marc
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
These hoity toity software developers
You talking to ME, huh? :mad: Seriously, you're probably using the wrong Facebook setting[^] :laugh:
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
So the next time, as a developer, you think "Oh, that'd be a good idea!", think again.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
It was recently revealed in the UK that some councils are selling electoral register data for £5 a pop to marketing agencies and the like. You can of course opt out but it peeves me that they never assume that by default, like those very small tick boxes you see buried in the T&C of websites that always assume you want "in". This bloke[^] got his own back on those firms.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Last weekend I spent far too much at Home Depot, which is not at all unusual for me. But what was unusual, and a bit worrisome, is that at the checkout, after I ran my credit card through the scanner, it popped up a message asking if I'd like them to email me a receipt - then it displayed my correct email address! I've never used this card online, so what's up with that? :suss: These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me, building applications that share my information with other applications, without my knowledge! Be warned, I'm probably as well armed as John, and I will find you...:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
These hoity toity software developers are starting to annoy me...
Please, not us developers! The clients who order such crap are the bad ones!
