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I despise the modern phones and internet
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Monkeh:

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--- Quote from: Kasper on December 17, 2022, 04:21:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on December 17, 2022, 01:49:16 am ---
I'm not a fan of stores that give you a discounted price if you give them your phone number.

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I often tell businesses I dont like giving out my phone number and they always promise to protect it as if they have any idea what that means.

I recently got a new phone number for my business and it got so many junk calls and texts that I changed it.  Repeated that a few times and had similar results each time.

Makes me glad I've resisted peoples attempts to take my personal phone number over the years.  It doesn't get nearly as much of that garbage.

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I noticed some places often ask for a postal code, so I always give them a fake one that ends in 1A1.  Funny thing is, I've seen it on web forms etc where it prefills that postal code for me because the systems think that's my real postal code. Shows how much our data really gets shared around - even false data!

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You know your browser does that, right?
james_s:

--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on December 17, 2022, 09:24:39 pm ---I noticed some places often ask for a postal code, so I always give them a fake one that ends in 1A1.  Funny thing is, I've seen it on web forms etc where it prefills that postal code for me because the systems think that's my real postal code. Shows how much our data really gets shared around - even false data!

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Why bother with a fake postal code? Seems like that's too broad to disclose much about you anyway.
Red Squirrel:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on December 17, 2022, 09:28:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on December 17, 2022, 09:24:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kasper on December 17, 2022, 04:21:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on December 17, 2022, 01:49:16 am ---
I'm not a fan of stores that give you a discounted price if you give them your phone number.

--- End quote ---

I often tell businesses I dont like giving out my phone number and they always promise to protect it as if they have any idea what that means.

I recently got a new phone number for my business and it got so many junk calls and texts that I changed it.  Repeated that a few times and had similar results each time.

Makes me glad I've resisted peoples attempts to take my personal phone number over the years.  It doesn't get nearly as much of that garbage.

--- End quote ---

I noticed some places often ask for a postal code, so I always give them a fake one that ends in 1A1.  Funny thing is, I've seen it on web forms etc where it prefills that postal code for me because the systems think that's my real postal code. Shows how much our data really gets shared around - even false data!

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You know your browser does that, right?

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I always hated how browsers are so leaky and seem to disclose lot of private info.   Though as far as location goes it seems to at least prompt me, so I always say no. Most sites seem to think I live in the GTA, and I've had some think I live in the maritimes.

Phone is a whole other issue, they leak even more info and they usually have me right down to the city, even with location service turned off.   I doubt that setting does much other than disable active location data usage such as GPS related apps. Background location checks are probably still let through.   I use a custom rom so it might be a tad better but I noticed if I open some sites I will see adds that know what city I'm in.  Creepy how much of our data just gets leaked to 3rd parties all the time.
Wilksey:
Most IP Addresses are geolocated these days, but mine tells me i'm nowhere near my home town, so it's not accurate.
PlainName:

--- Quote ---Why bother with a fake postal code? Seems like that's too broad to disclose much about you anyway.
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Depending on where you are, the post code may identify a single  house. But it's like most data: on its own it's not so hot, but combine it with other data and the you might as well drop your pants and bend over.


--- Quote ---Robocalls have completely ruined the telephone as a means of communication.
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Chappy over here rented a premium rate number and hands that out. Apparently robocalls and the like more than pay for it.
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