* Posts by JCB382

2 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Feb 2019

It's official! The Register is fake news… according to .uk overlord Nominet. Just a few problems with that claim, though

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Apparently, the head of Nominet never was told of the old adage, which is almost applicable in this situation: Never pick a fight with anybody who buys newsprint by the ton.

German competition watchdog tells Facebook to stop combining user data without consent

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Why Do People Still Trust Anything Zuck & Friends Say?

Every time I read this sort of article I am reminded of how smart I was to never have an account at Facebook, WhatsApp or any other social media, not using Google for searches or email, installing a VPN to encrypt my data when I'm online and running a scrubber twice a day. I do no online browsing, shopping or banking, don't have or want a debit or ATM card, use prepaid credit cards to pay for newspaper subscriptions, and pay for everything in cash. There is no data on my phone (I don't have a car so don't need the GPS). The only way to protect and preserve one's privacy these days is to stay as far off the grid as possible.