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Comment · 11 hours ago
Billy Gates swore on a bible that Internet Explorer could not be removed and lied his ass off.

Profited very handsomely from his lies.

Comment · 1 day ago
I have no problem with monitoring temps over internet.

Who ever thought it was OK to control freezers over the internet should be hung.

Comment · 10 days ago
Right......

Like none of these TV's hooks to an Open Wifi Hotspot and abuse you.

Comment · 2 months ago
OK if we put that Genie back in the Bottle can we also go back to a time when Attorneys could not advertise on TV.

How much did that ruling cost?

Ambulance chasers have always been a thing but now it is nationwide syndicate of "Doctor Lawyers".

Total Shitshow for TV viewers...

Talking about "Varginal Mesh" lawsuit in front of children..

Disgusting.

Comment · 4 months ago
Obviously written by a C freak using a BSD
Comment · 4 months ago
I didn't see it that way. when Facebook started it was like an intimate club.

Classmates.com was charging money for reunion information and Facebook was free.

It was the IPO that really tipped the scales.

In that one day Zuck became a Billionaire with everybody else's information.

We were bamboozled. Subscription versus free but not really.

Comment · 4 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
Opt out from snake oil salesmen.

Yea sure. If it helps you sleep better. It is the law.

In reality the data is already 'grey market' so I doubt the law matters to them.

Disappear and new data broker sets up shop. You think these people are regulated? I bet they swap datasets like Pokemon.

Comment · 4 months ago
Surveillance Capitalism is an apt description.

No one voted for it but here we are. Flock on every strategic corner.

Comment · 4 months ago
Surely you are joking.

Once collected why would a data broker want to purge your record?

There is no escape.

Comment · 5 months ago
Thankfully most cities were not stupid enough to buy lead lined pipes.....
Comment · 6 months ago
I agree.

Even if you walk by a FLOCK camera you are catalogued.

Sickening bravado of these privacy stealing folk.

Comment · 6 months ago
Use your brain to solve problems not a computer.

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