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Rate These 53 Sub-$200 Hacker SBCs, Win 1 of 20
DeviceGuru writes: LinuxGizmos and Linux.com have just launched their annual 2-minute survey asking folks to rate their favorite hacker SBCs from a list of 53 single board computers that are priced below $200, supported by open documentation and Linux or Android OSes, and will ship before July. As usual, the survey's data will be made available publicly, but one big change this year is that participants can register for a random drawing that will give away 20 hacker SBCs, split equally among the BeagleBone Black, Imagination Creator CI20, Intel Edison Kit for Arduino, and Qualcomm DragonBoard 410c. (Emails submitted will only be used for selecting and notifying SBC drawing winners, say the sites.)
When did this kind of shit become the norm for Slashdot?
I would mock your inability to come up with the idea of creating a one-time-use email address but based on your post I probably couldn't make it pedestrian enough for you to understand.
It took me less than 30 seconds to uncover that the survey is asking for the following data:
I would mock your inability to click a link and *read* it, your inability to understand that you can only claim a prize by providing the correct information to these question but it is clear that you are ignorant.
As for being 'one of those people' the answer is yes. I am 'one of those people who avoid creating vectors for identity theft'. Perhaps, one day, you'll be one of those people who whine and moan about the problems being a victim of ID theft has brought you however since you are ignorant the thinking would probably hurt you.
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
Nice to know I'm not the only one whose first thought is "Who in the hell is gonna have enough experience with 53 fricking SBCs to actually give a rating on anything other than name recognition?".
OTOH if you wanted to gather a shitload of personal info this would be a cheap as hell way to do it, you wouldn't even have to actually give anything away just say you did and post a couple pics of some random guys holding one of the "winning" SBCs!
Considering how many FB and mobile data mining/ ID theft scams I have to warn folks about monthly? Any time some place I've never heard of has a "contest" like this it gives me serious pause, nice to see I'm not the only one.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
I would think if you wanted a "shitload" of personal data, you would pick something less esoteric than single board computers.
Random personal data isn't worth much. You can get that from the phone book. But names and emails associated with a specific esoteric interest are worth far more. I am interested in SBCs, embedded Linux systems, FPGA boards, ASIC services, electronic CAD, oscilloscopes, etc. I have spent $10k or more of my own money on this stuff, and influenced several million $ on behalf of my employers and clients. My email, phone number, and physical address would be worth something to a company with a new and interesting product in this area.