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moniss

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25. So an easy question to
Fri Dec 9, 2022, 01:20 AM
Dec 2022

ask about this would be why would someone knowingly come into a treasure trove of data and make that data basically completely vulnerable to be "stolen"? Follow the money would be my guess. Maybe he is just bartering the info screwing everybody and keeping that fact confidential? I perhaps have some areas that competent media (too bad we don't have it) could explore. How about questions like is this horse's backside doing this in exchange for favorable considerations for his car business? Is he doing it to allow nefarious foreign governments to use the data much like the almost human Zuckerberg did with Cambridge Analytica and how is the financial payoff for Musk committing these acts being done? Is he to get a slide on some of the debt he took on for buying Twitter? How many and who are the parties getting this info by way of Twitter?

There I go again. Silly me. Asking pertinent questions when I should know by now that media will be much more interested in asking Joe Rogan what he thinks abut Prince Harry.

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We need a federal law protecting our personal data. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #1
Yeah we do I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #3
They have those laws in Europe orthoclad Dec 2022 #15
Personal information is hacked from federal websites. former9thward Dec 2022 #21
Corporations monetize your personal data without your permission. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #26
You dismiss the lack of security with federal websites? former9thward Dec 2022 #29
I dismiss straw-men and red herrings. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #31
Here's how I handle the twit to starve it of revenue. Snarkoleptic Dec 2022 #2
I use Firefox with NoScript wackadoo wabbit Dec 2022 #5
Not sure about compatibility, as I'm fairly low-tech. Snarkoleptic Dec 2022 #6
I was going to ask... SergeStorms Dec 2022 #7
A script-blocker orthoclad Dec 2022 #14
Thanks. SergeStorms Dec 2022 #19
I'm an amateur orthoclad Dec 2022 #30
I use Express VPN, GoodRaisin Dec 2022 #16
I use Firefox, NoScript, and AdBlock orthoclad Dec 2022 #10
FireFox w/NoScript, uBlock, DuckDuckGo's Privacy Essentials & EFF's Badger cuts all ads/tracking out TheBlackAdder Dec 2022 #27
Blocking ads won't stop tracking pixels orthoclad Dec 2022 #17
I jumped to Linux Mint. GreenWave Dec 2022 #28
K & R ... n/t wackadoo wabbit Dec 2022 #4
What an f-ing mess Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #8
fuck "opt out"! if you "opt in", get PAID for EVERY DAMN MICROBYTE, and % of any profit derived bringthePaine Dec 2022 #9
MODERATORS, orthoclad Dec 2022 #11
Quit or lose all credibility. AnrothElf Dec 2022 #12
Does my VPN stop this? Ferrets are Cool Dec 2022 #13
Tracking pixels need orthoclad Dec 2022 #18
What could possibly go wrong? Initech Dec 2022 #20
Here's a good all-around rundown from EFF orthoclad Dec 2022 #22
Pixel blockers, no script, ad blockers are easy methods. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #23
So if Elmo didn't buy twitter, would any of this been made public? Bev54 Dec 2022 #24
So an easy question to moniss Dec 2022 #25
No one's mentioned googletagmanager yet! dickthegrouch Dec 2022 #32
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