On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:41:22 -0700 William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:23 AM Andy Ringsmuth <a...@andyring.com> > wrote: > > No. Use a communication method that is available globally, not > > proprietary and doesn’t require me to sell my soul to the devil > > simply to participate. > > Hi Andy, > > I refused to get a Facebook account until I was paid to. Now that I > have one, I wonder why I bothered. I isolate it in its own browser > profile so it can't snoop the rest of my web activity and I gave it an > alias email address that only they have. I mostly control what > information I give them. I like having an effortless way to keep up > with my extended friends and family. In spite of that, I was surprised > how good a job Facebook did targeting ads to my interests -- the > knight hoodies were just too cool. > > > Sigh. It is probably a losing battle. You kids get off my grass! > > The world moves on. I still don't like the idea of Facebook, but I > actually like Facebook. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > P.S. Facebook's "Portal Plus" device is simply the best personal video > conferencing device I've ever used. Clear audio. Following camera that > keeps you in frame. It's slick. > > P.p.s. Did you know that accessing customers' private information > without the customer's explicit permission is a zero-tolerance > first-time firing offense at Facebook? I didn't! Seems they got > religion after Cambridge Analytica. They even have strong technical > controls to stop it. They process the heck out of your data but they > do not, do not look. > No, they just sell it to another gaggle of chuckleheads who *do* look. It doesn't matter whether or not they look, I don't want them having it in the first place. :P -- Christopher Conforti
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