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I'm annoying my girlfriend by installing a dns ad blocker that sometimes interferes with her work, and I have to whitelist things when her work links doesn't work (Microsoft stuff).
It's a bit of an annoyance but I feel strongly about not letting these companies get data about what we are doing.
Just yesterday I installed a kodi plugin (called "up next" ), and turns out it's reporting back what shows I'm watching! The only reason I became aware of this is because it was blocked by the dns ad blocker.
I care about my apps not calling home and reporting what im doing. It should be illegal.
@1984 @MagneticFusion i think the ultimate privacy move is not having a girlfriend or any friends
aren't hermits human?
Difference is we don't just wake up one day and say "yeah, I'mma go isolate myself from society"
yes, that's what hermits do (may not be a "woke up one day" decision though :)
hermit was just an example to remind that we can't comfortably write about "human nature" because humans are naturally versatile. We, humans, take so many different forms, not having a nature must be our nature
excuse me, please do excuse me
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