• Margot Robbie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    I’m glad that I have this place where I can be close to anonymous for a little bit.

    Turns out all I needed to do was say funny things and not get verified.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
      29·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, private and anonymous are two different things. Google and facebook still know which websites you visit (even if you use neither, because the websites you visit use their tools). There are Bluetooth trackers in the restaurants and shops you visit. Your phone reports back everywhere you go. It knows who you hang out with (and where). Your credit card transaction history tells them what you spend money on, even more so if you use google pay or apple wallet. Your car reports in on your whereabouts. Your TV is listening in for keywords to send to advertisers, and your ISP tracks every site you visit.

      They know exactly what you do, and how to make you buy what they want. But for the most part if they can’t link the data to your name then you are anonymous.

      Lemmy is anonymous (no one knows your name unless you tell them), but it is not private (everyone can see your posts).

      • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
        86·
        1 year ago

        Hay dave, where in NZ are you buying the house?.. Christchurch?

        Is your three year old getting their own room?

        Giving away details like that while writing this is pretty funny.

        (even if you use neither, because the websites you visit use their tools).

        How to use Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger to prevent browser tracking in Firefox

        There are Bluetooth trackers in the restaurants and shops you visit.

        Not if you don’t use bluetooth or shocking I know, it is possible to leave your house without a mobile phone…,…

        Your credit card transaction history tells them what you spend money on, even more so if you use google pay or apple wallet.

        Any purchase you want to hide? cash.

        Your TV is listening in for keywords to send to advertisers

        Not if you have a dumb screen.

        our ISP tracks every site you visit.

        VPN

        They know exactly what you do, and how to make you buy what they want. But for the most part if they can’t link the data to your name then you are anonymous.

        Unless you are of interest to nation sate security services, there is no they. This is bordering on paranoia.

        • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          Haha you skimmed and got things wrong (where the right answer is in my post history) but I don’t think you have countered my point - which was that this info is anonymous. You know (or could have with better attention to detail) details about me, but they are anonymous details, you couldn’t use them to identify me but it’s plenty to target ads.

          Your counterpoints about VPNs and dumb TVs etc are not actually counterpoints to my post, because my point was that deleting social media makes you anonymous but not private.

          And “they” is corporates. Governments for sure have much more detail about you and for the most part it’s not anonymous. Not in a nefarious way, just in an “if you think about it” way. In my country, between the tax department, the health department, the education department, the transport department (driver licences), the internal affairs department (birth, marriage, citizenship, passport information), police, immigration (border movements), and many other departments with records, the government can for sure get a large amount of info about an individual that is neither anonymous nor private. Plus, the government knows to a much better level what info is real.

          • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
            33·
            1 year ago

            Haha you skimmed and got things wrong

            I am not that interested in you to read thoroughly.

            You do you and worry about the man tracking you.

            • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
              31·
              1 year ago

              Haha if you think I’m worried about “the man” then you’ve misinterpreted my post.

    • PatFusty@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hey I know you! You are Pons Aelius from the movie ‘Pons Aelius gets trained by 6 furries’. Im a big fan of your work.