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Stefan_Lang wrote: 2. if they ask me for any data they have no credible reason to ask for, find an alternative
You must have a very short list of Android apps on your phone/tablet. 
(seriously...flashlight apps that want your contacts list, photos, call history...?)
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dandy72 wrote: You must have a very short list of Android apps on your phone/tablet
Indeed. I've dumped half of the preinstalled ones and only added a handful of apps that I really need:
- a news app
- a timetable app for commuting
- a music player that just uses tracks in a given folder
- tor browser
- kindle reader
- 3 authenticator apps for two-factor authorizations
That's all. No social media, no games. I have good PCs at home and at work, so why bother with mobile data suckers?
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I don't play games on phones/tablets, so those are out. There's a lot of crap (games, some Facebook client are the worse offenders) that came bundled with some of my tablets but can't remove unless I can root it (someone here has pointed me to some package to do that a few days ago, but I haven't had much of a chance to tinker with it yet).
But these days, even my newest tablet (Android 6), after a factory reset is flaky as hell (very slow, like there's some background process tying up the CPU), apps that stop responding, random reboots. I'd love to say I'm done with Android, but I'm no fan of that fruity company.
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long ago created a fake ms account (hotmail at the time) and another fake account on mail.com to verify and link to each other. (also fartbook linked to one of these.)
never added to my email client, web access only - once done logout, clear cache, cookies, exit.
comes in handy for registering/downloading visual studio etc
.... log in, download files, updates, licence, log out
... always from VMs that I only allow internet access to on those such occasions.
... don't even bother looking at the emails or facebook unless they want a "verify" code.
these days I notice for new accounts they want a lot more information, even real info
- apparently impossible to create fartbook account without a phone #, back then an email was enough.
I find it useful to [fake] register for new things before registration gets too tight,
(linked to another junk email for any "verify" messages.) - you never know later on if useful.
I keep the info (site, name, pw) in a plain text file (- not my important ones).
some stop working (some long gone), don't care, once in a blue moon some prove useful.
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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lopatir wrote: these days I notice for new accounts they want a lot more information, even real info
- apparently impossible to create fartbook account without a phone #, back then an email was enough.
I needed to insert a confirmation code in my old hotmail account I used for this... I was forced to fill in Name and Family Name (which it was not filled until now).
lopatir wrote: I keep the info (site, name, pw) in a plain text file (- not my important ones).
I started that too, after trying to log to where I bought my gas barbeque because I wanted to buy a couple of things more (6 years later) and having forgotten the log data and not able to "forgot my password" because I wouldn't answer the birthday and another thing they asked back then...
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Yep, faking data works pretty well - proving that they don't actually need that data and shouldn't ask for it in the first place.
At the very least they should be honest enough to prominently admit that these data are used to pay for their expenses, and their offer is therefore not actually free. Given that information - if it were given - I could make an informed decision on whether their offer is worth sharing my data.
Instead these companies prefer hiding their true intent under oodles of legalize that, upon close inspection, contain vague hints of the 'possibility' of needing to pass your data to certain third parties under certain unspecified circumstances.  Of course, no guarantee is made as to how these 'third parties' treat your data afterwards. 
As long as they're not honest about that, I don't expect them to be honest on anything else, and will expect the worst. As a result, my (uninformed) decision is to not take the risk.
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I've yet to find a legitimate need to create a Facebook account, even using fake data.
But even if you rely on fake data, there's all sorts of ways your system can still be rather uniquely fingerprinted (which is why Google wants to get rid of cookies; they're no longer useful to them--they have plenty of other means to ID you).
But back to FB - anyone whose only internet presence is through Facebook isn't getting my business.
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as mentioned I signed up for facebook early just in case it might prove useful.
...little did I know the opposite would be true... I'll have to admit surprise at how bad it became
don't go near it anymore.
yeah somebody's always watching, will never be totally hidden but can at least make it harder (VPN's etc) - mess up / complicate their data.
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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Got a Oculus Go from Herself for my B'day, and I just played my first VR game: "Cursed Sanctum".
Good lord, but it's poor. 10 minutes, start to end, including all the animations when I died - loads of times - that's not good. And as for the gameplay ... ignore the controller, you just have to look at the "glowing thing" for long enough and it's "Pressed". That's it. sit there while he walks, occasionally look at a glowing thing, probably die. Roll end credits. Uninstall.
As an example of what you can do with a VR helmet, it sucks.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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And how looks The Wife, in VR?
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I have tested Elven Assassin and quite enjoyed it. Robo Recall as well.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Tried the Westworld game... not too bad...but not as ground breaking as I was expecting. All the stuff I have seen in VR leaves me meh! 
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You lasted about as long as I did.
I'd rather have something along the lines of the old ViewMaster slides that had 3D underwater scenes.
Swimming around a reef without having to bother with a wet-suit and an aqualung would be great, but there are no really good ones, yet (that I've found).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My experience is with the HTC Vive, so I don't know how it compares, but here's a list of VR games that have been a hit with me and friends/family:
BeatSaber - Rhythm game. Large modding community, and supports the Go (I think.)
Pistol Whip - Another Rhythm game + John Wick vibe.
Gorn - Goofy gladiator combat sim.
Carly and the Reaperman - 2-person puzzle platformer.
I've done some others, with mixed results and motion sickness issues, but the four above are normally what gets played when I do gatherings at the house.
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Cove holds third party celebration! (8)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Birthday = celebration
B ay = cove
irthd = "third" (party = anag.)
Nice clue 
Anyone's in particular?
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musefan wrote: Anyone's in particular?
February 24 - Wikipedia[^]
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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super wrote:
February 24 - Wikipedia[^]
Who the Elephant is John Daly/George Gobel/Webb Pierce, Carolyn Martin (nee Fowkes, later Schmitt) died that day. My Mum and I'm having a drink.
Got a snide remark about getting over it, I can walk to the Mount Druiit McDonalds car park in 2 minutes for a chat.
Oh, and scrotum.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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You are up tomorrow!
Nobody important! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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OriginalGriff wrote: Nobody important!
Many QA enquirers would say other thing 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Nobody important!
Well, just in case they are around today... Happy Birthday!
(I assume you mean it's yours)
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musefan wrote: (I assume you mean it's yours)
It's not.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Well with 14+ million members it must be somebody's on here!
If you are reading this, and it is your birthday at the time of reading, then HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
If it isn't your birthday today, then come back tomorrow and try again!
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musefan wrote: (I assume you mean it's yours)
And you are right!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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