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Privacy Resolutions for the New Year

Posted by michael on from the every-bit-helps dept.

Chris Hoofnagle writes "EPIC has released ten privacy resolutions for the New Year. In addition to losing weight next year, lose all those data brokers who are after your bits."

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  1. EPIC 2014 by noamt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder if EPIC has anything to do with this scary-yet-insightful video-flash movie.

  2. Cash purchases by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting


    Ok, sure I use cash, but what do you tell cashiers who ask for your home phone number or even street address?

    And if you work for a retailer who makes you ask these questions, how are you supposed to deal with customers who don't want to give out this info?

  3. Re:Paranoia? by vikramrn · · Score: 2, Interesting
    IMHO some of these are bordering on paranioa..
    • " Don't return product warranty cards."
      Maybe that will void your warranty?
    • " If you have to use a supermarket shopping card, be sure to exchange it with your friends or with strangers. "
    • " Pay with cash where possible. Electronic transactions leave a detailed dossier of your activities that can be accessed by the government or sold to telemarketers. "
  4. Re:Who gives a fucking rat's ass? by Secret+Agent+X23 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Personally, I do care about privacy. Or rather, I would if it was conceivably possible to have any, but as Scott McNealy accurately said back in 1999, there is no privacy, get over it. He's right unfortunately...

    "These days it's all secrecy, and no privacy..."
    Mick Jagger wrote that line in a song called Fingerprint file, in 1974.

  5. Re:What does antivirus have to do with privacy? by TFGeditor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "My advice would rather go something like this: Set up your mail client so it won't auto-infect you by receiving mail. Don't open attachments. "Don't install warez. Don't be so freakin' naive and gullible. Stop believing strangers send you naked Britneys."

    This is all fine and good if you do not receive much mail, but when you receive hundreds daily, it is nice to have most of it vetted so you do not have to be uber-cautious all the time. Without AV and AS software, I'd spend hours instead of minutes per day dealing with email.

    --
    Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.