doopen@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoI just want to set a timer for MY FOOD WINDOWS WHY?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square331fedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down130file-text
arrow-up11.26Karrow-down1imageI just want to set a timer for MY FOOD WINDOWS WHY?lemmy.worlddoopen@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square331fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months ago the data they have on me isn’t the type to be useful to them do you have a phone? do you have a car that was manufactured after 2015? does your ISP know your real name? do you have a bank account? I guarantee you there’s already more of your data out there than you’re comfortable with.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoOutside of the car (mines a 90’s model) none of that is even remotely avoidable even if you went totally FOSS. Your ISP still needs your info and you’ll still use some kind of bank or credit union.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago none of that is remotely avoidable is exactly the point I was trying to make to the guy who was like “I just use Linux and put a fake name on my GrubHub orders”
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoA lot of it is definitely performative security theatre style sticking your head in the sand.
do you have a phone?
do you have a car that was manufactured after 2015?
does your ISP know your real name?
do you have a bank account?
I guarantee you there’s already more of your data out there than you’re comfortable with.
Outside of the car (mines a 90’s model) none of that is even remotely avoidable even if you went totally FOSS. Your ISP still needs your info and you’ll still use some kind of bank or credit union.
is exactly the point I was trying to make to the guy who was like “I just use Linux and put a fake name on my GrubHub orders”
A lot of it is definitely performative security theatre style sticking your head in the sand.