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It's pretty incredible. Search history and e-mail alone almost certainly reveal staggering amounts of personal information about most people. I try to "spread"
by codyb 9y ago
It's pretty incredible. Search history and e-mail alone almost certainly reveal staggering amounts of personal information about most people.
I try to "spread" my data. Apple for maps/messaging/photos, Signal, DuckDuckGo, Gmail, and primarily private tab web surfing. I also use different browsers for different concerns. And of course ad blockers although I'm not sure I've installed them everywhere. With my lack of social media accounts and a reup of my PIA subscription it feels like it should be a fairly private set up.
Of course, if I was really going all the way I'd use cash for everything, and curb the very modest amount of shopping I do on Amazon. I believe creeit cards almost certainly sell information based on your purchase history.
Oh! And don't forget a hat and sunglasses to avoid the myriad of cameras I'd come across in my day to day as a metropolitan.
And of course to turn off wi-fi and bluetooth when in transit. Might even be better to go into airplane mode.
So yea, just get a landline. Use snail mail (although addresses may be scanned). Hang a calendar on the wall (they are pretty, mine is pictures of Italy), stay off social media, use cash, disguise your features, and I dunno, use the internet at the library or something.
In the end, it's a giant pain and it's amazing how many vectors there are for information retrieval on the average citizen of the information age.
- Deimorz 9y agoIt gets even more frightening if you realize that you're probably not even considering all of the "deeper" levels. Almost everything I listed in my comment was pretty surface-level stuff, where it's at least somewhat obvious that you're giving the data to them (some things like the analytics not so much, but still not really "hidden"). But now start thinking about some other things: - Are any of the sites you're using hosted on GCP (or other Google-owned hosting)? - Even if they're not, do they include any scripts/images/fonts/etc. from other sites that are? - How much network infrastructure does Google own now? How much of your traffic is passing through it?
- jfktrey 9y agoIt almost seems impossible to use the internet for even a day without having some usage information leaked to Google.
- utbabya 9y agoEven if you don't install any GApps, Android would still ping Google servers. I can't remember exactly since it was a while ago, but IIRC it was some hardcoded NTP server. Not much but still a heartbeat per GeoIP.
- greedy_buffer 9y agoNot to mention the captive portal redirect URL
- greedy_buffer 9y agoFor Google to collect data on their platform customers' layer 7 traffic would be a pretty big breach of trust (i .e. hacking if they were using HTTPS) If they are just collecting TCP data and selling it to third party marketers or building analytics profiles it would be a lot of work to reliably connect that to humans for little benefit, along with risk to their reputation.
- Kagerjay 9y agoI use 5% cashback card from my amazon card (chase bank) and one of its disclaimers when you sign up is that it sells your product purchases to advertisers
- MrMid 9y agoAt least they tell you so.
- gtdawg 9y agoRegarding cash vs credit card. Google already has your credit card data too. > Google says it has access to roughly 70% of U.S. credit and debit card transactions through partnerships with companies that track that data. By matching ad clicks with this data, Google says it can automatically inform merchants when their digital ads translate into sales at a physical store. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-ads-tracking-20170523-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-a...
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago> Oh! And don't forget a hat and sunglasses to avoid the myriad of cameras I'd come across in my day to day as a metropolitan. Gait analysis can be used to identify individual people.[1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gait_analysis#Biometric_identification_and_forensics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gait_analysis#Biometric_identi...
- papa_bear 9y agoWalk without rhythm and we won't attract the worm
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoHaha! Yes, good one :) Installed your app, will have a look. I studied nutrition for a bit so could be interesting.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoOi mate, just wanna say: What a blood brilliant app you cats have built. As a nutritionist myself, with poor blood glucose control if I'm not careful and emotionally affective wheat intolerance, your app, at first glance, looks amazing and very comprehensive. Well done! If any of ya'll ever find yourself in Tasmania be sure to look me up, email on profile.
- papa_bear 9y agoHaha I just noticed your username could be a reference too. And thanks, that's awesome to hear! A lot of parts of the app are definitely a work in progress, and its tough to make appealing looking meal plans that also consistently hit arbitrary nutrition goals. But we're steadily making progress. Never been to Tasmania, but I'll be sure to let you know :)
- kwhitefoot 9y ago> use cash Don't forget that notes have serial numbers so there is potential for tracking there too even though it would be slower and less precise. Better use coins (real ones not block chain ones).
- gaius 9y agot's pretty incredible. Search history and e-mail alone almost certainly reveal staggering amounts of personal information about most people And if you are foolish enough to use 8.8.8.8 for your DNS, they get every site you visit, every network activity requiring a lookup in fact, even where you SSH to.