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usonian

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13. It applies more generally.

Sun Jun 26, 2022, 06:23 PM

Jun 2022

I delete cookies and history on mobile safari often. I also use private browsing a lot, and use an app on the mac (Privacy Scan) that deletes cookies and history from ALL browsers.

Happiness is (partly) NOT seeing "things you viewed recently" on shopping sites.

Why? Because history saved in cookies lets advertisers track me, lets. news sites limit my "free" views and more skullduggery than I can list (and still get today's chores done)

It's just good practice all around.

SHARE PRIVACY PRESERVING INFO WIDELY. (I shout it from the mountain top)
SHARE PERSONAL INFO WISELY.

HTH

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Seeking an abortion? Here's how to avoid leaving a digital trail. PASS ON. SHARE WIDELY. [View all] CousinIT Jun 2022 OP

For goodness sakes...this is the ESSENCE OF PRIVACY MerryHolidays Jun 2022 #1

Alito would fit Casady1 Jun 2022 #15

K&R onecaliberal Jun 2022 #2

Kind of ironic Effete Snob Jun 2022 #3

It applies more generally. usonian Jun 2022 #13

Connect to a different VPN in a different country every time you click on a sensitive link. CaptainTruth Jun 2022 #32

Kick dalton99a Jun 2022 #4

Excellent advice and horrifying that it is SharonClark Jun 2022 #5

There are menstrual tracking apps Effete Snob Jun 2022 #7

more info on those apps ... CloudWatcher Jun 2022 #19

One lady in an article said the tracking apps figured that she was pregnant due to her browsing hist keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #36

Yeah.. kind of an urban legend... Effete Snob Jun 2022 #37

Thanks! I'm adding the link to my Abortion Info page usonian Jun 2022 #6

I'm curious as to how they Texasgal Jun 2022 #8

I am horrified by this. Where abortion is concerned we've turned into f'ing North Korea! Ocelot II Jun 2022 #9

It's unbelievable what the US has turned into and I really fear it's going to get far worse. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2022 #11

Rethuglican Jesus is a fking jerkhole. OMGWTF Jun 2022 #24

Yes!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2022 #33

Excellent Advice!!! K&R!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2022 #10

Many thanks! Kath2 Jun 2022 #12

Wouldn't any employers offering to pay travel expenses expect any documentation? MichMan Jun 2022 #14

don't take your cell phone with you to any related medical appointment DBoon Jun 2022 #16

This is sage counsel because you know they're gonna starting looking... SKKY Jun 2022 #17

This won't be useable information for women on the other side of the Digital Divide. :-( TheRickles Jun 2022 #18

Thank you. The Electronic Frontier Foundation also has useful advice for providers, ancianita Jun 2022 #20

Great link. Bookmarking. n/t CousinIT Jun 2022 #26

Thanks for the reminder about EFF. It's been awhile & I'll go over and donate. Hekate Jun 2022 #27

Good idea. Last time I donated they sent me a pretty cool EFF T-shirt. ancianita Jun 2022 #28

Definitely need another T-shirt Hekate Jun 2022 #29

imessage sells your info mrchris Jun 2022 #21

Deception will ensnare the Gestation Gestapo, and then the lawsuits will fly bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #22

Yep, it's a growth industry, this fomenting of suffering and extra costs to families. ancianita Jun 2022 #30

I hate it here. OMGWTF Jun 2022 #23

Kick. Rec. Bookmark. Download. Thank you, CousinIT. Hekate Jun 2022 #25

What a dystopian country it has become. NT PXR-5 Jun 2022 #31

I watched Anon, starring Clive Owen and Amanda Seyfried. Ilsa Jun 2022 #35

Another thing: your HCG levels will remain higher than normal Ilsa Jun 2022 #34

Bookmarking! Thank you! liberalla Jun 2022 #38

Disposable Raspberry Pi with Off shore VPN that does not sell or share data. BrightKnight Jun 2022 #39