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Post by kcatthedog on Aug 2, 2021 4:03:47 GMT -6
Just wondering what people think about Gearspace’s recent change to your privacy filters and it proving your data to a long list of “partners”?
I find it a complete PITA and defeat them all, this apparently limits your interaction with the site, normally I just review or list in classified and haven’t noticed any loss of features. It seems you have to regularly default these to off ?
Was surprised how long the list of partners was like 20+, presume GS is making money from selling your data ?
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Post by javamad on Aug 2, 2021 4:09:27 GMT -6
Hadn’t noticed. Will be dropping my account there.
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Post by kcatthedog on Aug 2, 2021 5:24:23 GMT -6
You can defeat almost all of it, but even the disclaimer seems to leave the barn door open to some use .
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Post by Ward on Aug 2, 2021 6:17:07 GMT -6
My involvement at GS has moved back to a more 'spectator' level at this point.
I'll jump in to promote or defence the brands I evangelize/believe in, but that's about it.
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Post by gwlee7 on Aug 2, 2021 7:02:07 GMT -6
I pretty much only read three threads there:
The unOfficial Audioscape
The Silver Bullet
The In praise of Daking
I haven’t read anything else in months.
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Post by levon on Aug 2, 2021 7:27:46 GMT -6
Oh, so they changed their name? Didn't notice, I haven't been there for ages. Well, a name-change doesn't change anything for me, still the same old money-making racket as always. I wish I could delete my account but I don't see how. Makes sense, seeing that Jules and Co can sell more advertising with a higher member count.
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Post by svart on Aug 2, 2021 8:30:23 GMT -6
Literally every site does the same. Your browser does the same. Your OS does the same. SIRI, Alexa and OK google are always listening and logging what you say. Samsung had TVs that would log your voice commands and other keywords.
Not to mention EVERY social site does this. That's their singular purpose and their business strategy, to make money off you by selling your info.
I'm not sure why anyone is surprised these days.. You have to click OK on the agreements to use any of these sites..
You do read the terms of agreement before clicking OK, right?
Right?
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Post by kcatthedog on Aug 2, 2021 8:58:15 GMT -6
I posed the question here as GS has changed something recently as the now quite explicit permission pop up, for me pops up all the time, never did before, so somethings different.
Was just wondering how aware peeps are of this?
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Aug 2, 2021 10:01:14 GMT -6
I suspect it's in response to a British version of the new EU law requiring transparency. It's important to understand that there is absolutely no such thing as privacy on the internet. We're all walking down main street.
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Post by plinker on Aug 2, 2021 10:16:29 GMT -6
I'm still selling in the classifieds there.
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Post by Blackdawg on Aug 2, 2021 10:35:05 GMT -6
Literally every site does the same. Your browser does the same. Your OS does the same. SIRI, Alexa and OK google are always listening and logging what you say. Samsung had TVs that would log your voice commands and other keywords. Not to mention EVERY social site does this. That's their singular purpose and their business strategy, to make money off you by selling your info. I'm not sure why anyone is surprised these days.. You have to click OK on the agreements to use any of these sites.. You do read the terms of agreement before clicking OK, right? Right? This. Even this site does it I'm sure. Gotta pay to play. |
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Post by ericn on Aug 2, 2021 15:32:03 GMT -6
I suspect it's in response to a British version of the new EU law requiring transparency. It's important to understand that there is absolutely no such thing as privacy on the internet. We're all walking down main street. Oh Great beard of audio Knowledge, what is the privacy you speak of ? Tell us a story of yore! |
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Post by Guitar on Aug 2, 2021 15:35:15 GMT -6
some great world we live in, haha!
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Post by tasteliketape on Aug 2, 2021 16:06:03 GMT -6
“Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed—no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull.”—-
George Orwell
Published in 1949 !!
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Post by mrholmes on Aug 2, 2021 16:07:38 GMT -6
I suspect it's in response to a British version of the new EU law requiring transparency. It's important to understand that there is absolutely no such thing as privacy on the internet. We're all walking down main street.
That's not true, you can take care to save a lot of your data. The first act of a world citizen on the internet is to use Mozilla Firefox, this protects you from following you on the internet. If you want to go super save you surf with an VPN which I often do when I Google medical things.
On your mobile devices, there are apps which block outgoing data behind your back. IMO the first act of self-love here is not to use Android by Google. Much saver is Apple iOS they don't sell the data, and they block Apps who collect data for third parties in the App store.
Don't post your whole life on SM. I use it to 80% business related, and it helps.
The rest is up to the lawmakers, sure is there should be restrictions to make money from my data. I would feel much safer to pay google a fee of 9,90 bucks a month, and I am safe, and I don't have to see stupid adverts in all google products.
Google and Amazon is for me the best example of a Business which got out of control. I love doing business, but I hate monopolists which always misuse their power, and they always hurt the market.
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Post by Blackdawg on Aug 2, 2021 16:52:05 GMT -6
Sorry but Firefox is not that much safer or far off from chrome. Apple DID sell your data though. Just recently they changed face on that and even then, probably still collecting it for themselves.
Brave browser is a bit better though. That's my preferred one. And they are coming out with their own search engine which should be nice.
There are ways to keep your data a bit safer but to participate in a lot of things you have to give something up.
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Post by mrholmes on Aug 2, 2021 16:58:55 GMT -6
Sorry but Firefox is not that much safer or far off from chrome. Apple DID sell your data though. Just recently they changed face on that and even then, probably still collecting it for themselves. Brave browser is a bit better though. That's my preferred one. And they are coming out with their own search engine which should be nice. There are ways to keep your data a bit safer but to participate in a lot of things you have to give something up.
Did you see what the latest Firefox is doing? If not, check it out.
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Post by sirthought on Aug 2, 2021 19:35:47 GMT -6
RGO uses tracking on all the links we post here. Annoying to say the least.
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Post by Blackdawg on Aug 2, 2021 20:52:11 GMT -6
Sorry but Firefox is not that much safer or far off from chrome. Apple DID sell your data though. Just recently they changed face on that and even then, probably still collecting it for themselves. Brave browser is a bit better though. That's my preferred one. And they are coming out with their own search engine which should be nice. There are ways to keep your data a bit safer but to participate in a lot of things you have to give something up.
Did you see what the latest Firefox is doing? If not, check it out.
I'll check it out. Im pretty happy with Brave though. Built off of chrome but Blocks just about everything privacy wise. This site according to Brave has 6 trackers. RGO uses tracking on all the links we post here. Annoying to say the least. yeah more Proboards than anything. But makes sense. |
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Post by ericn on Aug 2, 2021 21:36:09 GMT -6
RGO uses tracking on all the links we post here. Annoying to say the least. That’s the problem with the internet, everybody thinks it’s free just because the Monterey cost is free. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 2, 2021 23:18:14 GMT -6
Just wondering what people think about Gearspace’s recent change to your privacy filters and it proving your data to a long list of “partners”? I find it a complete PITA and defeat them all, this apparently limits your interaction with the site, normally I just review or list in classified and haven’t noticed any loss of features. It seems you have to regularly default these to off ? Was surprised how long the list of partners was like 20+, presume GS is making money from selling your data ? That’s awful. How do I do that? |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 2, 2021 23:21:31 GMT -6
Literally every site does the same. Your browser does the same. Your OS does the same. SIRI, Alexa and OK google are always listening and logging what you say. Samsung had TVs that would log your voice commands and other keywords. Not to mention EVERY social site does this. That's their singular purpose and their business strategy, to make money off you by selling your info. I'm not sure why anyone is surprised these days.. You have to click OK on the agreements to use any of these sites.. You do read the terms of agreement before clicking OK, right? Right? Yeah, I’m sure Proboards does it to an extent. But I don’t. Because of high moral standards (or I wouldn’t know how.) This is why I need one of you young whippersnappers to partner with to make us the new Gearwhores. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 2, 2021 23:23:48 GMT -6
RGO uses tracking on all the links we post here. Annoying to say the least. Uh. RGO doesn’t. Proboards does I’m sure. A large majority of the time I use a vpn. So at least they don’t know where I am. |
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Post by trakworxmastering on Aug 3, 2021 9:31:47 GMT -6
I'm curious - what's so bad about them sharing my data? What's the actual negative consequence for me? I can't think of any. Isn't it just for targeting ads? So what? Maybe targeted ads can be good...?
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Post by ericn on Aug 3, 2021 9:37:54 GMT -6
I wonder how often 3 parties who bought data from the people who bought the data from GS though they were dealing with a bunch of porn ado it’s because everybody was spending time on a site with slutz in the name🤔
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