ThorChild: My decisions re modern tech spying has nothing whatsoever to do with 'feelings' of any kind. Don't try to paste this issue as a mistaken 'virtue signaling' thing. This is ALL about the practical good practice of reducing this data-gathering to a minimum, because it is important for the sake of running healthy societies.
That bit about people doing it for moral reasons was more in general and not focused on you per se.....sorry if it came off as such.....I also know some do it for data protection reasons/etc.
Also why is it important for the sake of healthy societies? People spy on each other all the time....if anything i'd say THAT was more "normal"(i.e. human curiosity branched out to a higher, more official and purpose driven[even if for bad purposes] level).
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Note the following(and the above as well) are not me trying to change your mind on Win10 or make you use such...just me replying...that said:
ThorChild: 1. Never using Windows 10 (as you just can not trust it, no matter what settings you change, MS will change it back at some point, as it IS the point of the OS).
Yes, but one could change them back or block updating as long as possible.
ThorChild: 2. Not having a 'Smart' phone (i do have a 'dumb' very old mobile that just does calls).
Maybe one could give such tech fake/misleading info if allowed? Dunno....couldn't ever afford one easily.
ThorChild: 3. Never using Google or Facebook (both entirely possible).
I have used google search on rare occasion(mostly use duckduckgo and such), though I don't use facebook myself other than to read(without account) other people's pages.
ThorChild: 4. Never using bank/credit cards online (i use paysafe vouchers for GOG for example).
What about gift cards that work online with no info needed? That's another option for some.
Me? I use my card because I don't mind people knowing what games I buy & it's protected from unauthorized purchases.....I can see why it'd be worrisome to others, though.
ThorChild: 5. Always settings up browsers to never 'remember' any history/passwords etc and switching all data-gathering off where options exist.
Well that's just common sense.
ThorChild: 6. Using external tools like Spybot Anti-beacon etc
What is that? Never heard of it.
ThorChild: 7. Never using any Tech/Software that is part of this new wave of Big Tech data gathering, stuff like 'living room assistants' (Alexia irrc?), 'smart' watches (fit-bit etc), most social media platforms etc etc.
I don's use such due to those reasons and also pricing....though if I did i'd tape the cams/mics over when not in use or similar....I wonder if that's work? :|
ThorChild: My simply throwing ALL my personal data in their direction by not doing the 7 points above is not only bad for the health of Democracy but it also makes them lazy and weak as security services imho.
They are corporate, not govt.....so their job is usually not to secure but profit off of data...hence the differences in how they do such gathering and why they do it.
(But this is going political so i'll leave this one bit at that)
ThorChild: That is AWESOME because it means Cyberpunk 2077 COULD now come to Windows 7 also right!? :D
It was likely always "coming to Win7".....even if unofficially. It is almost certain it would've run on 7 before, but they couldn't list it as such due to 7 going EOL/EOS.
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Dreaganos: Moral feelings? General speaking or in this case ?
I was talking about both, in my case....I don't find moral feelings/stances to be often worth the effort to do for many things, as the net positives(tangible ones I can make use of in this life) aren't that great....it's often just a good feeling one did "something right or noble" that they can talk about/brag a bit about with pride from time to time.
Again, I wasn't trying to be overly and intentionally mean towards those that uphold such stances, I just don't find a use for such most times.