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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 26 Apr 2024, 11:31 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,160
Posted By webecedarian
I think data collection is a wide range, and you...

I think data collection is a wide range, and you can probably choose, for instance, to avoid purchasing online, which may cut down on a lot of information.
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 26 Apr 2024, 11:26 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,300
Posted By webecedarian
I'm confused, because I'd never consider...

I'm confused, because I'd never consider something like GMX to be "local" to me in the U.S.

But I'm stunned that anyone in their right mind would provide bank information as ID.
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 26 Apr 2024, 11:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 505
Posted By webecedarian
110 "monumental" films

Why is this forum so dead? Other chat websites have very lively off-topic sections with all kinds of interesting things.

Okay, for movies This is actually a pretty good list, better than most,...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 26 Apr 2024, 11:20 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 535
Posted By webecedarian
There's a Better Way To Do Email

Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
There's a Better Way To Do Email
By Ezra Klein


There is no end of theories for why the internet feels so crummy these days. The New Yorker...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 22 Apr 2024, 09:45 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,072
Posted By webecedarian
Well, of course you thought of it. That's why I...

Well, of course you thought of it. That's why I chose it.

Did anyone actually read the article?
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 22 Apr 2024, 09:43 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 891
Posted By webecedarian
The problem is that it can't be a throwaway...

The problem is that it can't be a throwaway address, because Hotmail infuriatingly keeps popping up every few months to demand whether it's still viable.
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 22 Apr 2024, 09:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,024
Posted By webecedarian
Did they quiz you about your motives and politics?

Did they quiz you about your motives and politics?
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 9 Apr 2024, 11:21 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 891
Posted By webecedarian
Is there any agreement on the best no-requirement email?

I unfortunately need the equivalent of a throwaway email to create a new Outlook account. Last time I used Protonmail, but I feel guilty taking advantage of them again.

Looking for something...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 9 Apr 2024, 10:55 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,160
Posted By webecedarian
It just happens that although I didn't plan it...

It just happens that although I didn't plan it that way, I have almost no electronic footprint. I don't do anything financial online. I mostly use a landline.

I'm not so very concerned, but I...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 9 Apr 2024, 10:52 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 545
Posted By webecedarian
I have a Hotmail account that I used for only a...

I have a Hotmail account that I used for only a few people, never gave out the address ... and I noticed that on the rare occasions I heard from a particular person, I'd get a spam message or two...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 12 Mar 2024, 09:17 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,160
Posted By webecedarian
Privacy and power in tech

What Google’s multibillion payment to Apple says about privacy and power in tech
By Zeynep Tufekci

Companies expect users to accept what they’re given, not know their options or not have the...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 12 Mar 2024, 09:14 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,072
Posted By webecedarian
I am the eye in the sky, looking at you...

When eyes in the sky start looking right at you
By William J. Broad

“This is a giant camera in the sky for any government to use at any time without our knowledge,” said Jennifer Lynch, general...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 12 Mar 2024, 09:13 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 231
Posted By webecedarian
The Search for a New and Better Internet

The Search for a New and Better Internet
Can the Internet Be Governed?
Amid worries about what Big Tech is doing to our privacy, politics, and psyches, many stakeholders—from activists to...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 12 Mar 2024, 09:05 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 945
Posted By webecedarian
Sorry to hear this about Skiff. I've been...

Sorry to hear this about Skiff.

I've been meaning to try it.

:(
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 12 Mar 2024, 09:03 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,886
Posted By webecedarian
Ah, this is my constant quest.

Ah, this is my constant quest.
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 12 Mar 2024, 09:01 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,199
Posted By webecedarian
I thought Vivaldi vanished long ago. Requiring...

I thought Vivaldi vanished long ago.

Requiring your participation reminds me of being in school - demanding that you speak up in class as well as do the homework. One factor would be what exactly...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 12 Mar 2024, 08:56 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 858
Posted By webecedarian
Interesting, thanks. I would have expected Yahoo...

Interesting, thanks. I would have expected Yahoo about Outlook.
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 12 Mar 2024, 08:54 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,702
Posted By webecedarian
I appreciate the information, and am happy to...

I appreciate the information, and am happy to read up, but certainly have zero intention of signing on!
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 30 Jan 2024, 10:08 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,689
Posted By webecedarian
This is a quintessential example of the kind of...

This is a quintessential example of the kind of thing that infuriates me with email accounts.

:mad:
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 30 Jan 2024, 10:07 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 337
Posted By webecedarian
Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of A.I.

For anyone seriously interested...


Why the Godfather of A.I. Fears What He’s Built
Geoffrey Hinton has spent a lifetime teaching computers to learn. Now he worries that artificial brains are better...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 30 Jan 2024, 10:05 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 620
Posted By webecedarian
I'd be happy just to settle for a year that...

I'd be happy just to settle for a year that wasn't full of existential national and international crises.
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 20 Oct 2023, 09:29 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,125
Posted By webecedarian
I was at Dupar's in Los Angeles, getting a patty...

I was at Dupar's in Los Angeles, getting a patty melt with french fries and a chocolate milk shake. Dupar's dates back to 1938, and I remember my grandmother occasionally taking me there for lunch.
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 20 Oct 2023, 09:22 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 964
Posted By webecedarian
Question Puzzling over a suspicious email

I have a Hotmail account that I use ONLY for rare messages to other posters in a particular forum and to keep notes for myself. So there's very little traffic, and very little spam. I suspect that...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 13 Oct 2023, 09:12 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,715
Posted By webecedarian
But there's a difference between the "interwebs"...

But there's a difference between the "interwebs" as a network, or a facilitator, or transmitter, versus social media sites, very specific destinations.
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 13 Oct 2023, 09:09 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,715
Posted By webecedarian
Wouldn't it maybe be nice if there were two...

Wouldn't it maybe be nice if there were two different "milieus" - social media and business-y networking?

It reminds me of how irritated people get when they're supposedly invited over to lunch at a...
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