Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:53 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <8a9f43d5-a802-e517-85d4-4e45259634d4@example.net> References: <67b21894$14$17$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <28416cc3-e819-886a-4025-2b2588f88663@example.net> <87a5ale0vg.fsf@example.com> <0310a638-3153-f886-5206-9bc8453c1f8e@example.net> <67b4fc88@news.ausics.net> <67b65b4d@news.ausics.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="952361"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: <67b65b4d@news.ausics.net> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:26519 On Wed, 20 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > D wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >>> No, Google can track you via their Captchas, which I guess even >>> many NoScript users allow by default because the three page reloads >>> to let them through when a website requires it is a real pain in >>> the neck. >> >> Oh, I simply don't use web sites where I get captchas. > > Yikes! No online shopping then? I'm always getting them, from the > shopping sites, PayPal, or Credit Card payment processors. > Alibaba/Aliexpress at least self-host theirs - but half the time > they decide I'm a robot and won't let me through at all! Hmm... this is very strange. I do shop online, and almost never get it. Ok, I can think of one exception in amazon.com. I manage to avoid them 99% of the time, but for some used books I cannot find locally, I have to bite the bullet and go through amazon.com.