[PLUG] IP tracking

[Nat Taylor]

Could you create a google account over Tor, and use the calendar there
exclusively?

On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 8:46 AM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can't stop the tracking these days, it's becomed too embedded in all
> online activity. The only solution is to cut yourself off from the network.
>
> Even with VPN's and anti-tracking browser plugins they can still gather
> contextual data. Duckduckgo makes a lot of claims, but their impact is
> minimal.
> Rather than work around the problem, we need to raise the issue
> politically. But for whatever stupid fucking reason, you would rather bend
> over backwards than do anything about it.
>
>
> https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-measure-let-isps-sell-your-data-without-consent-n742316
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/29/what-to-expect-now-that-internet-providers-can-collect-and-sell-your-web-browser-history/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fb527d1a5d44
>
> It's a political problem now. You can't fix it with VPN's and anti-track
> software.
>
> A side effect of youth is ambition. The desire to impact the world around
> you.
> A side effect of age is complacency. Avoiding issues and making excuses for
> being "too busy to solve that problem"
>
> It's all just young people selling old people's data. These tech companies
> view everyone over the age of 40 as a resource to be "consumed", and it
> goes wayyyy beyond the IP address.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 3:19 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, Dick Steffens wrote:
> >
> > > That's worth considering. I run the website, so I should be able to
> > > incorporate that into it. I can even do it so it doesn't show up on the
> > > public part of the site.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the recommendations.
> >
> > Certainly!
> >
> > And, there's always the Palm Pilot (many models available on eBay) and
> both
> > Android and Apple phones have calendar applications available.
> >
> > Carpe weekend,
> >
> > Rich
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