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1. Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 15:31:09 JST Richard Stallman

   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/16/google-keeps-location-history-data-abortion-clinics-despite-delete-pledge

   Google promised to delete location data about visits to abortion clinics -- and some other places, too. But the changes are only effective in a fraction of cases.

   • William B Peckham (wbpeckham@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:13:16 JST William B Peckham

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     • dsfgs

     @dsfgs @rms Don't worry about the location data that Google has, a quick request to your ISP will get a track of everywhere your phone has ever been while it was turned on. Some ISPs don't even require a search warrant.

   • Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:13:16 JST Richard Stallman

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     • dsfgs
     • William B Peckham

     @wbpeckham @dsfgs It is true that most people are tracked everywhere by their cellular phones. That is part of the reason I have never had a cellular phone.

     My home phone is always turned on, and always connected to the cable in my home. But that doesn't say where I personally was, except at times when I was in a phone call.

   • dsfgs@mastodon.sdf.org's status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:13:17 JST dsfgs

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     @rms
     WARNING: TheGuardian uses amazon to serve images so we recommend turning off images in your #firefox-based browser before accessing #theGuardian if you don't want #scamAzon tracking sensitive articles that you're viewing, or tracking the population generally.

     HOW TO #BlockImages:
     - visit 'about:config' page
     - approve access
     - change 'permissions.default.image' from 1 to 2,
     - switch back to 1 when finished viewing site.

     Thank yourself for taking the time to protect yourself from #bigData.