Conspiracy theory or fact?

[greybeard]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1600568763962769408

[martin007]

Smartphones are sneaks...

[Burgerman]

I dont know since they are not smart and owned by advertising companies. So I wouldnt have one as a gift. A triumph of marketing over most peoples common sense.

And I mostly use cash. My phone card is anonymous. My computers do not use anything like googles or microsofts browsers as these track you. I use a VPN 24/7, and duck duck go anonymous search engine.With a very very effective ad blocker...

I downloaded my "google history" the other day. It contains absolutely zero information!

You should do the same. I am basically anonymous, never sign into anything, unless with a fake credit card generatior (search online). So "they" whowever "they" are know nothing about me. Been doing this for 15 years.

[martin007]

I dont know since they are not smart and owned by advertising companies. So I wouldnt have one as a gift. A triumph of marketing over most peoples common sense.

I'm not fond of phones.

My phone card is anonymous.

In Spain there are no anonymous telephone lines.

My computers do not use anything like googles or microsofts browsers as these track you.

Same here.

and duck duck go anonymous search engine.

Do you recommend it?

I use a VPN 24/7

I'm not a fan of VPNs.

[biscuit]

I have as little as possible to do with my computer. It always wants me to do a lot of looking after it before it is ready to even consider doing what I want it to do. I have wasted endless hours babysitting that feckless machine and lost interest some years ago after it arranged my data files unfathomably and unilaterally deleted my programmes. Admittedly, now that I require it to do two tasks and no more it does them easily.

I use my phone for everything else. It has more processing power than me and it instantly does what I want it to do, quicker than I could do it myself. On the down side, the phone eavesdrops even after I select the option that says "do not eavesdrop" and it has no discretion whatsoever, and the keypad produces a lot of balderdash unless I proofread carefully. But these, and the resulting advertising, are things I am happy to endure.

[Burgerman]

I have as little as possible to do with my computer. It always wants me to do a lot of looking after it before it is ready to even consider doing what I want it to do.

Because you ave the wrong operating system, and its incorrectly configured.

I have wasted endless hours babysitting that feckless machine and lost interest some years ago after it arranged my data files unfathomably and unilaterally deleted my programmes. Admittedly, now that I require it to do two tasks and no more it does them easily.

Thats called a user interface error...

I use my phone for everything else. It has more processing power than me and it instantly does what I want it to do, quicker than I could do it myself. On the down side, the phone eavesdrops even after I select the option that says "do not eavesdrop" and it has no discretion whatsoever, and the keypad produces a lot of balderdash unless I proofread carefully. But these, and the resulting advertising, are things I am happy to endure.

It tracks you and steals your info in ways that you cant even begin to fathom. And its crap at everything. With a far too small screen. Short battery life. And I cant stand them!

[Burgerman]

I'm not a fan of VPNs.

Without a GOOD VPN, and a properly configured LTSC version of windows, and a GOOD adblocker, the internet is completely useless. Much of it innaccessible, all of it tracked, and I dont do ads.

[biscuit]

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Because you ave the wrong operating system, and its incorrectly configured.

And yet my life is pretty good.

Thats called a user interface error...

And I do not care one bit.

It tracks you and steals your info in ways that you cant even begin to fathom. And its crap at everything. With a far too small screen. Short battery life. And I cant stand them!

I also do not care about this. Life is too short.

[martin007]

Adblocker recommended by you.

What inaccessible sites are you referring to?
You give two or three examples.

[Burgerman]

Well lets see you access the bbc iplayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer , us netflix, and 101 other sites.

[martin007]

Well lets see you access the bbc iplayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer , us netflix, and 101 other sites.

OK.
I had not thought of it.
I don't use that kind of content.

Regarding the VPN, I wanted to ask you a question.
Who guarantees that the VPN provider is not spying and tracking?

[Burgerman]

Its multi million dollar reputation. No logs. Go read about express VPN. https://www.expressvpn.com/what-is-vpn/secure-vpn

[Burgerman]

Couple of movie sites. All work o my cmputer. If they dont on yours you need a good vpn...
https://wvw1.123movies.net/
https://fmovies.to/
https://hdpopcorn.live/
http://ww1.losmovies.us/
https://moviesjoy.to/
https://solarmovie.pe/home