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  • B BernardIE5317

    The other day I utilized WinZip and found on Edge::News::My Feed an ad and a large one at that the next day for just that product. Even more amazing to me I just now enjoyed much of a tasty bag of Cheetos my favorite item in the food pyramid except of course stale potato chips and upon viewing Edge::News::My Feed I see an ad for Chester's Popcorn. Haven't found the cameras yet. Below is my "Signature" apologies for no apologies if offends My sympathies to the SPAM moderator "I once put instant coffee into the microwave and went back in time." - Steven Wright "Shut up and calculate" - apparently N. David Mermin possibly Richard Feynman “I want to sing, I want to cry, I want to laugh. Everything together. And jump and dance. The day has arrived — yippee!” - Desmond Tutu “When the green flag drops the bullshit stops!” "It is cheaper to save the world than it is to ruin it." "I must have had lessons" - Reverend Jim Ignatowski / Christopher Lloyd "Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force, but through persistence." - Ovid, Roman poet "... as likely as lightning striking a leprechaun whilst riding a unicorn." "Don't worry, the planet will do just fine without us."

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    jochance
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    There are some wild things in the world of targetting ads and inferred information from data mining. People have discovered household pregnancies via the plethora of junk mail arriving. A credit card company claims with a name, timestamp, and location they can tell you who bought what even if the purchase was in cash.

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    • M megaadam

      there is no camera you are not being watched you are being controlled :suss:

      "If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

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      Kelly B 2022
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      No matter where you go, there you are!

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      • C Charles Andersson

        Turn off Wi-Fi?

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        LucidDev
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        I don't get advertisements at all. My Wi-Fi is always on, but not necessarily connected. My microphone and camera are turned off, except when I allow their access. GPS is always off.

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        • S Steve Naidamast

          I hardly use my cell-phone and rarely use any form of social media thereby making me somewhat off the grid. I did have my account suspended from Facebook probably because I used it to sign into some sites with my FB credentials and they were tracking my comments. Doesn't bother me in the least considering that the intelligence services are sweeping up so much junk data that they cannot data mine it. As a result, it has reached the point that all of the surveillance in the world has reached a point of diminishing returns. When was the last time anyone heard it being reported that data mining such data was the foundation for stopping any type of crime?

          Steve Naidamast Sr. Software Engineer Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com

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          Nelek
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          Steve Naidamast wrote:

          When was the last time anyone heard it being reported that data mining such data was the foundation for stopping any type of crime?

          To stop it? in "Person of Interest", in the real life... never. To catch a criminal (after the crime was executed)... a couple of times. They were so morons to continue uploading pictures and status and whatever more to social media and some of them were easily identificable.

          M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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