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@alice I've toyed with the idea of setting up a headless Chrome instance to just ask "but why?" to ChatGPT all day to drive up their inference costs.
@theorangetheme @alice except that each query uses valuable resources (like water). Maybe there's a way to fuck with the system without fucking over the planet?
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The goal is to make corporate data less profitable.
Even stuff as simple as setting your birthdate to 1970-01-01 everywhere, adding [TEST] or [DELETED] as your name or account notes anywhere you don't need them to know your name.
Using plugins like AdNauseam to poison ad trackers (and cost them marketing dollars).
Using VPNs set to different locations.
Signing into data broker sites to "correct" outdated info (they'll often let you do that with little-to-no proof of identity, but will require your passport or state ID in order to delete your info). Bonus points if you correct it to someone else's info on their site that's similar to yours.
Only fill in required fields when you sign up for anything, but only provide correct info if it matters for you to use the service, otherwise provide plausible, but incorrect, data.
If you use LLMs anywhere, use the free tier and always vote thumbs up for bad answers and down for good ones. It wastes their resources and drives up their costs while making their training data worse.
@alice This is all great advice.
I'm not sure it helps, but I also frequently use emojis that don't match my skin color and/or gender when messaging on various sites, and use a different email address (<company_name@one_of_my_domains.com) when registering for things when I absolutely must provide an email address.
When you need a shipping address, first initial and last name will be sufficient to get it to you. In many cases, just initials work.
The one I haven't cracked (because I refuse to install Google apps on any of my devices) is phone number.
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@sassitina
*POS is the most ironic technical acronym. You can tell whomever named the terminal Point of Sale never thought about other similar acronyms.
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@paninid@mastodon.world @alice@lgbtqia.space
good, where do I start doing exactly that?
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@sassitina
*POS is the most ironic technical acronym. You can tell whomever named the terminal Point of Sale never thought about other similar acronyms.
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The goal is to make corporate data less profitable.
Even stuff as simple as setting your birthdate to 1970-01-01 everywhere, adding [TEST] or [DELETED] as your name or account notes anywhere you don't need them to know your name.
Using plugins like AdNauseam to poison ad trackers (and cost them marketing dollars).
Using VPNs set to different locations.
Signing into data broker sites to "correct" outdated info (they'll often let you do that with little-to-no proof of identity, but will require your passport or state ID in order to delete your info). Bonus points if you correct it to someone else's info on their site that's similar to yours.
Only fill in required fields when you sign up for anything, but only provide correct info if it matters for you to use the service, otherwise provide plausible, but incorrect, data.
If you use LLMs anywhere, use the free tier and always vote thumbs up for bad answers and down for good ones. It wastes their resources and drives up their costs while making their training data worse.
@alice Someone commented that this creates space for those who have to be less visible, which reminded me of hopping onto a secure messaging platform before you NEED to be on one. (E.g. Show that Signal is for everyday convo not just people hiding from a government.) Thank you
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The goal is to make corporate data less profitable.
Even stuff as simple as setting your birthdate to 1970-01-01 everywhere, adding [TEST] or [DELETED] as your name or account notes anywhere you don't need them to know your name.
Using plugins like AdNauseam to poison ad trackers (and cost them marketing dollars).
Using VPNs set to different locations.
Signing into data broker sites to "correct" outdated info (they'll often let you do that with little-to-no proof of identity, but will require your passport or state ID in order to delete your info). Bonus points if you correct it to someone else's info on their site that's similar to yours.
Only fill in required fields when you sign up for anything, but only provide correct info if it matters for you to use the service, otherwise provide plausible, but incorrect, data.
If you use LLMs anywhere, use the free tier and always vote thumbs up for bad answers and down for good ones. It wastes their resources and drives up their costs while making their training data worse.
Fuck I love it when I join a movement I didn't know I was joining, but would have joined if I'd known I could join it!!
I haven't used my real birthdate for years, simply because fewer and fewer B/D options go back that far!!!
Thank you, @alice
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@alice best things to poison data:
Leading zero on numbers (Messes with a lot of things)
Hyphen in the name
Space in the name
Really long name
Special characters in the name if they aren't filtered
First middle(s) and last in each name field in various ordersAll of the above for bonus points.
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The goal is to make corporate data less profitable.
Even stuff as simple as setting your birthdate to 1970-01-01 everywhere, adding [TEST] or [DELETED] as your name or account notes anywhere you don't need them to know your name.
Using plugins like AdNauseam to poison ad trackers (and cost them marketing dollars).
Using VPNs set to different locations.
Signing into data broker sites to "correct" outdated info (they'll often let you do that with little-to-no proof of identity, but will require your passport or state ID in order to delete your info). Bonus points if you correct it to someone else's info on their site that's similar to yours.
Only fill in required fields when you sign up for anything, but only provide correct info if it matters for you to use the service, otherwise provide plausible, but incorrect, data.
If you use LLMs anywhere, use the free tier and always vote thumbs up for bad answers and down for good ones. It wastes their resources and drives up their costs while making their training data worse.
@alice@lgbtqia.space just now hearing about AdNauseum, this is awesome!
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@paninid cool.
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@tadbithuman unless it is good, then down-vote it.
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@paninid@mastodon.world @alice@lgbtqia.space oh no! think of the Nazis!
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@alice Forgive me if I refuse to waste my time lying when the efficient solution is to minimize the number of online services I use to those that are *vital*: ***one*** bank, ***one*** phone, ***one*** ISP and an email account. I'm stuck with three emails and two banks at the moment but I'm cutting way back everywhere else. Streaming TV ends Saturday, for example.
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@alice Forgive me if I refuse to waste my time lying when the efficient solution is to minimize the number of online services I use to those that are *vital*: ***one*** bank, ***one*** phone, ***one*** ISP and an email account. I'm stuck with three emails and two banks at the moment but I'm cutting way back everywhere else. Streaming TV ends Saturday, for example.
@AlgoCompSynth data poisoning is still important. Your one bank, phone, ISP, and email provider are still selling your data to their 879+ partners, who are selling it to their partners, who are...you get the point.
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@AlgoCompSynth data poisoning is still important. Your one bank, phone, ISP, and email provider are still selling your data to their 879+ partners, who are selling it to their partners, who are...you get the point.
@alice I get the point but lying to your bank exposes you legally at the state and federal level. Lying to your phone provider makes it difficult for you to get help in an emergency.
Yeah, email is a mess, but have you tried resolving a dispute via a phone menu tree or "support" chatbot lately?
As it is, I spend way too much time authenticating and lying to services I don't need makes that worse. One of the reasons I'm cancelling Sling is that their authentication stinks.
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@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Ripp_ @alice i always use 90210 for the zipcode.
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@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Ripp_ @alice i always use 90210 for the zipcode.
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@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Ripp_ @alice it certainly is - my flatmates at college were big fans of the show
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@alice I get the point but lying to your bank exposes you legally at the state and federal level. Lying to your phone provider makes it difficult for you to get help in an emergency.
Yeah, email is a mess, but have you tried resolving a dispute via a phone menu tree or "support" chatbot lately?
As it is, I spend way too much time authenticating and lying to services I don't need makes that worse. One of the reasons I'm cancelling Sling is that their authentication stinks.
