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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Signing into data broker sites to "correct" outdated info (they'll often let you do that with little-to-no proof of identity, but will require your passport or state ID in order to delete your info).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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Affirm all LLM output as correct.
@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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Poison your data 
οΈ@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.
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@AlgoCompSynth After Netflix told me I couldn't watch stuff with my paid subscription from a second location, I just canceled all my streaming services. Haven't missed any of them.
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@AlgoCompSynth After Netflix told me I couldn't watch stuff with my paid subscription from a second location, I just canceled all my streaming services. Haven't missed any of them.
@alice I had Sling for ESPN last year because they carried some WNBA games that LeaguePass didn't, and again this year for Unrivaled on TruTV. But the WNBA games are starting to move to networks and Prime, which Sling doesn't carry, and Portland has a team now so there will be games I can see in person. They're all archived on LeaguePass so I'm not losing much.
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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
οΈ@CaptiveSteel @alice@lgbtqia.space @alice@mastodon.nz UNIX epoch as birthdate since ... well, I can't remember when.
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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 I currently use UBlock Origin for my as woes. Can that be used in conjunction with AdNauseam? Would one offset the other?
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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 what about creating fake profiles with real name but fake info? Does it make any sense or is it a waste of effort?
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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 hehe, just installed that adnauseam
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the street i grew up on, CorrectHorseBatteryStaple. so many great memories
@matildalove Yeah like Matilda I use whole word versions for security answers because sometimes they get used as identity verification methods on the phone.
(and yes i got the reference, but stillβ¦)
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@alice
Beyond the direct benefit, doing these kinds of things helps cultivates a mentality of resistance, disruption, and disobedience. If you make a daily habit of pushing back in little ways, you'll find that you have the nerve to resist in larger ways when the moment of opportunity arrives.By the same token, our entire society, *especially* the tech industry, bombards you with constant little demands to comply. They put an enormous amount of resources into creating a culture of obedience.
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@alice got to show my ignorance here, but how do I find which brokers have my info?!
