Thursday, January 14, 2016

fake@fake.net

There it is, people, the worlds busiest email address:  fake@fake.net

Granted, there isn't much privacy with anything that is used and perused using today's technology but sometimes sticking it back in the tech giants' eye is kind of satisfying.

I have a little fun trick for you all when asked to enter your email address prior to viewing some web content.  As long as the email address isn't verified -- and they web page is just looking to accumulate and sell email addresses -- just enter fake@fake.net.

Use Firefox for internet browsing.  They are the only ones out there who are worried about too much of your information out there.  Use their private browsing option, and also, pitch in $10 for their cause.  They are your only privacy champions out there not beholden to corporate interests.  

You all have *no* idea what's floating around in cyberspace.  Be particularly leery of 'free' cloud space services and storage.  Most of the time in the 'terms and conditions' you all never read, using the cloud relinquishes content rights to the host.  That means that your information is no longer yours and they can do and use it however they feel.

Pissed off?  You should be.  However, just how do you wage war against a 'cloud.' 

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