really? you say you don't care about privacy? What's your partners favorite sexual position? how about yours? what's the most recent pron video you watched?
Where do you bank? where do you live?
whats the balane of your bank account right now, and the routing and account number?
whats your social, if you're american?
what car do you drive?
where do your kids go to school?
what are your family's measurements, including penis/breast sizes?
Oh, was i being too invasive? so you do care about privacy, after all :)
Uhh, thats possibly the most famous phone number in America.
it's from a song called Jenny, by Tommy Tutone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo
Actually, there is a tech answer. Each phone(including Voip phones) has a unique identifier. currently only cell phone networks use that unique identifier for access to the network.
If we applied that to the landline systems, we could actually set a limit to how many calls a given number/trunkline could send out in a given period.
or any number of other limits to reduce the amount of scam calls.
obviously, the nuclear option would be to remove any anonymity on phones and require them all to be tied to a specific person for identification, but that has so many problems with it it's not worth exploring
The amount of robo and other spam/scam calls I've gotten is so bad that currently, if i don't recognize the number, it gets blocked permanently.
I currently have a little over 12 thousand numbers on my blocklist, and it grows daily.
I can't wait till there's an app I can download that will simply auto block any number I don't already have saved in my phone to save me the trouble.
who the hell wants live tv? I do streaming specifically for the lack of the same 6 commercials and the constant interruptions to everything that I'm watching, which made me hate TV for the first 25 years of my life.
I have never had a cable subscription unless the broadband plan i wanted required me to have it. most of the people I know are the same way, and as soon as broadband plans came out that didn't magically become cheaper if you also did cable, I got rid of it.
currently I'm on a 1 gig symmetrical connection with no cable, using 4 streaming services. Netflix is "free" with my cell phone plan, otherwise, I wouldn't have it, since they cancel everything I'm interested in and keep adding more softcore porn and idiot contest shows.
Yeah, I'm an ABA survivor, and pointed out that ABA is literally a crime against humanity(its child torture and brainwashing) and was banned from twitter for 12 hours :P
My blocklist on my phone is currently 2500+ numbers long, and growing. Every time I get a robo/spam call, the number gets blocked. every text I don't want, blocked.
I'm down to about a block a day between texts and calls, which is way better than it was in 2018 which was 30 or more a day
you mean like the cops that got caught destroying stuff at protests? ya know, the cops that got the ENTIRE undercover division in new york disbanded?
yeah, 95% of the violence at protests was police instigated.
"Isn't it amazing, er, "Hombie", that these old accounts pop out when comments are in single digits? To me, that's SO convenient for TD and unlikely for a real person that it looks like astro-turfing."
Isn't it amazing, you can actually google my user name and find out I've been using this exact same name all over the net for over 30 years?
Isn't it amazing, that your ability to use critical thinking is so underdeveloped that the only reason for me to post you could come up with was "astro-turfing"? LOL
Ya made me laugh. Sadly, not with you.
Oh, and by the way, does my preference to not post a lot somehow cause what I say to be any less true?
Does it somehow cause me to be less worthy to post?
Or is it that you just want to gatekeep in anyway possible so that only you voice is heard at the expense of others?
Yeah, I don't post much, usually it cause I tend to be antagonistic with how i communicate, so I generally just don't say much.
Until I see rampant stupidity of epic proportions.
Repeat after me:
The internet is not only facebook, google, and other social media sites.
Monopolies are defined by the fact you have no choice but to use their services.
When I deleted my facebook account, and decided to never log into it, and edit my networks settings so that any facebook integration simply will not work on my network back in 2018, no one came to my house and told me to undo it.
I don't use google anymore either. DuckDuckGo and other search engines that don't track what you do are freely available.
The easy way to explain the internet company problem is this:
You are going to a shopping mall. outside the door is a man, who doesn't work for the mall. He tells you that he will open the door to the mall for you if you pay him, but depending on how much you pay, determines what stores you are allowed to go to.
If this happened in real life, you would look at this guy like he is crazy, but when Comcast, Charter, AT&T, Verizon, and other Internet Service Providers, do the same thing, everyone goes "OK!" and pays up.
Thats the difference. You CAN literally ignore Facebook, Google, and the rest, but you cannot access the internet without an ISP, which means that most are stuck with a maximum of two shitty, overpriced choices, and some have only one, or sometimes even no option to get broadband access from in the US, which screams very loudly how awesome and rich we are, while doing everything to remain mediocre and overly expensive in every way possible.
And thusly, this is why I say it should be made a felony for a police officer to turn their camera off.
And, if the reason for any use of force isn't caught on camera, that reason didn't happen. (remember the cops yelling "stop resisting!!" to the unconscious body of the guy they were kicking in the head while they had their hands over their cameras? Yeah, should be improper use of force, automatic felony, and felony assault.)
Tell me that you approve of sexual assault on a minor as an "investigative practice" for ANY crime, and I will label you "sick pedophile that needs to be skinned alive on national television as a warning to others".
really? you say you don't care about privacy? What's your partners favorite sexual position? how about yours? what's the most recent pron video you watched? Where do you bank? where do you live? whats the balane of your bank account right now, and the routing and account number? whats your social, if you're american? what car do you drive? where do your kids go to school? what are your family's measurements, including penis/breast sizes? Oh, was i being too invasive? so you do care about privacy, after all :)
Uhh, thats possibly the most famous phone number in America. it's from a song called Jenny, by Tommy Tutone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo
tech answer
Actually, there is a tech answer. Each phone(including Voip phones) has a unique identifier. currently only cell phone networks use that unique identifier for access to the network. If we applied that to the landline systems, we could actually set a limit to how many calls a given number/trunkline could send out in a given period. or any number of other limits to reduce the amount of scam calls. obviously, the nuclear option would be to remove any anonymity on phones and require them all to be tied to a specific person for identification, but that has so many problems with it it's not worth exploring
God i wish :P
The amount of robo and other spam/scam calls I've gotten is so bad that currently, if i don't recognize the number, it gets blocked permanently. I currently have a little over 12 thousand numbers on my blocklist, and it grows daily. I can't wait till there's an app I can download that will simply auto block any number I don't already have saved in my phone to save me the trouble.
who the hell wants live tv? I do streaming specifically for the lack of the same 6 commercials and the constant interruptions to everything that I'm watching, which made me hate TV for the first 25 years of my life. I have never had a cable subscription unless the broadband plan i wanted required me to have it. most of the people I know are the same way, and as soon as broadband plans came out that didn't magically become cheaper if you also did cable, I got rid of it. currently I'm on a 1 gig symmetrical connection with no cable, using 4 streaming services. Netflix is "free" with my cell phone plan, otherwise, I wouldn't have it, since they cancel everything I'm interested in and keep adding more softcore porn and idiot contest shows.
got banned for speaking against ABA
Yeah, I'm an ABA survivor, and pointed out that ABA is literally a crime against humanity(its child torture and brainwashing) and was banned from twitter for 12 hours :P
My blocklist on my phone is currently 2500+ numbers long, and growing. Every time I get a robo/spam call, the number gets blocked. every text I don't want, blocked.
I'm down to about a block a day between texts and calls, which is way better than it was in 2018 which was 30 or more a day
Sega does what Nintendon't!
:)
The movie referneced above :P
It's pretty decent :) the plot isn't fantastic, but its at least a semi original twist :P
Re: Internet required
It's only a matter of time before the first internet required TV comes out.
Re: Re:
you mean like the cops that got caught destroying stuff at protests? ya know, the cops that got the ENTIRE undercover division in new york disbanded? yeah, 95% of the violence at protests was police instigated.
Re: Re: Re: Re: 12 year old account, less than two per year!
"Isn't it amazing, er, "Hombie", that these old accounts pop out when comments are in single digits? To me, that's SO convenient for TD and unlikely for a real person that it looks like astro-turfing." Isn't it amazing, you can actually google my user name and find out I've been using this exact same name all over the net for over 30 years? Isn't it amazing, that your ability to use critical thinking is so underdeveloped that the only reason for me to post you could come up with was "astro-turfing"? LOL Ya made me laugh. Sadly, not with you.
Re: Re: Re: 12 year old account, less than two per year!
Oh, and by the way, does my preference to not post a lot somehow cause what I say to be any less true? Does it somehow cause me to be less worthy to post? Or is it that you just want to gatekeep in anyway possible so that only you voice is heard at the expense of others?
Re: Re: Re: 12 year old account, less than two per year!
Yeah, I don't post much, usually it cause I tend to be antagonistic with how i communicate, so I generally just don't say much. Until I see rampant stupidity of epic proportions.
Re:
Repeat after me: The internet is not only facebook, google, and other social media sites. Monopolies are defined by the fact you have no choice but to use their services.
When I deleted my facebook account, and decided to never log into it, and edit my networks settings so that any facebook integration simply will not work on my network back in 2018, no one came to my house and told me to undo it. I don't use google anymore either. DuckDuckGo and other search engines that don't track what you do are freely available. The easy way to explain the internet company problem is this: You are going to a shopping mall. outside the door is a man, who doesn't work for the mall. He tells you that he will open the door to the mall for you if you pay him, but depending on how much you pay, determines what stores you are allowed to go to. If this happened in real life, you would look at this guy like he is crazy, but when Comcast, Charter, AT&T, Verizon, and other Internet Service Providers, do the same thing, everyone goes "OK!" and pays up. Thats the difference. You CAN literally ignore Facebook, Google, and the rest, but you cannot access the internet without an ISP, which means that most are stuck with a maximum of two shitty, overpriced choices, and some have only one, or sometimes even no option to get broadband access from in the US, which screams very loudly how awesome and rich we are, while doing everything to remain mediocre and overly expensive in every way possible.
Yeah, it got so bad this last year that I now have something like 800 phone numbers on my blocklist, and growing.
If I get a text/call from a number that isnt in my phone, it gets blocked and the message deleted without being read.
Not censorship
I like to think of Twitter as a Christian Bakery,
And Trump as a Gay Wedding Cake!
LOL
And thusly, this is why I say it should be made a felony for a police officer to turn their camera off.
And, if the reason for any use of force isn't caught on camera, that reason didn't happen. (remember the cops yelling "stop resisting!!" to the unconscious body of the guy they were kicking in the head while they had their hands over their cameras? Yeah, should be improper use of force, automatic felony, and felony assault.)
Re: You would be pissed off too
Tell me that you approve of sexual assault on a minor as an "investigative practice" for ANY crime, and I will label you "sick pedophile that needs to be skinned alive on national television as a warning to others".