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Comment automakers will solve it like websites do (Score 1) 177

They will just implement multifactor authentication. You will need to give your automaker your email address and phone number so that they can send a code to you and sell your email address and phone number to telemarketers. Eventually, it will take 10-20 minutes just to open the door to your car.

Comment Slippery slope (Score 2) 328

They will start changing the definition of porn to the point you will need to prove your age to view info about contraceptives, breast cancer, etc. They will also theorize people should be required to prove they're 21 in order to visit beer making or wine making sites, sites retailing alcohol (where online liquor sales are legal), and other sites. Will people be required to submit a photo of their drivers license in order to register on these sites? Even if info is required to be destroyed after registration, this info could be stolen during the registration process. In states allowing mail in voting they will probably add voter ID laws knowing many potential voters won't feel comfortable sending info to prove they are 18 and elegible to vote.

Comment You know you're a redneck if... (Score 1) 440

You don't trust a vaccine approved for emergency use that is currently used by millions but do trust a medication intended for livestock that hasn't been tested for COVID-19 and isn't intended for human use and normally is used to treat worms. How did the rumor of Ivermactin come about? Did people who own stock for the maker of Ivervectin devise a rumor to increase sales of this drug so that they can make money on their investment?

Comment Sounds like Calexit (Score 1) 565

Like the Calexit movement that was started by a guy who lived in Russia, this probably has ties to Russia too as well as the Republicans. If California is split up then Texas and Alaska should also be split up. Populated cities like Houston would be split up from Rural Texas counties just like this California split.

Comment Forced indocterination (Score 1) 669

We also have the technology to replace sugar with artificial sweeteners. It seems vegans want to force everyone else to live their lifestyle. Why not allow people to choose between artificial beef and genuine beef like people have a choice between using artificial sweeteners and natural sweeteners? While we are trying to make people "do the right thing" maybe we should eliminate all alcohol instead of giving people the choice to drink alcohol or not. I'm sure religious groups such as the Mormons would love to tell you how great their life is for not drinking alcohol. The Mormons regulate alcohol more than they do nuclear waste in Utah. I'm sure they would be happy to make everyone abstain from drinking. Dentists would love to replace all sugar with artificial sweeteners as much as they love fluoride in every cities water supply.

Comment Where is the FTC? (Score 1) 491

The Federal Trade Commission should have been looking into Microsoft when they started forcing Windows 10 on customers by tricking them into downloading it or downloading and upgrading systems without user consent. Now they are locking down the PC system taking away consumer choice. They don't own the PC system and shouldn't have the right to lock it down forcing consumers to buy their OS. Will manufactures give consumers the option of buying laptops without any installed OS? My plans were to buy a new laptop and remove the Windows 10 and install Linux but now M$ is making this no longer an option.

Comment How about warning that terms of EULA can change... (Score 1) 122

I really wished I was warned or foreseen that when I spent extra money to buy a PS3 with a bigger hard drive and a keyboard that shortly after my purchase that a firmware upgrade would take away the ability to run another OS meaning I wasted money on the extra hard drive space and a keyboard. Once this update was downloaded, it wasn't like I could turn around and uninstall it if I didn't agree with the changes to the EULA or their decision to take away the ability to run another OS. Some printer manufacturers have offered firmware updates that prevents the use of ink cartridges made by third parties locking you into their more expensive ink cartridges. Consumers should have the right to know what types of DRM are being used such as a product cannot be used if you don't have an internet connection and there should be the ability to modify the EULA after purchase or eliminate features that a consumer originally had at the time of purchase. Consumers should also have the ability to uninstall any upgrades in the event the EULA changes to something they disagree on or a firmware upgrade eliminates some feature that was available at the time of purchase.

Comment What about... (Score 1) 534

the people who use ad blocking software to prevent drive by download attacks from ads and people with a slow bandwidth connection such as 1.5 Mbps from Centurylink (no other ISP to choose from in their area) who have to give up some of their bandwidth in order to view advertisements? What about people with limited data and will be charged extra if they go over an allotted bandwidth?

Comment related developments (Score 1) 534

Phone solicitors are asking the government to make it illegal to hang up on them or refuse to answer the phone. TV advertisers are asking the government to address the problem of viewers deciding to go to the bathroom during commercial breaks and claim to be losing millions as a result. They also want DRM technology that would prohibit someone from skipping over commercials on recorded TV programs.

Comment They should be required to pay people (Score 1) 225

If they are making money by collecting this information and refuse to allow people to opt-out of having information collected about them, they should also be required to pay you for the information you involuntarily give to them. After all, you cannot opt-out and since this is your information, you should be compensated when someone collects this information for marketing purposes.

Comment Re:So is this enough finally? (Score 1) 225

Exactly and customers should have the right to opt-out and have all this data collected about them destroyed without having to pay a fee. For example I found a site (I believe it was Spokeo) who had all kinds of information about me including my unlisted phone number and my cell phone number that I refuse to give to nearly anyone. I wanted to have these records deleted but in order to do this I needed to sign up to their account and close this account. In order to close this account I would need to send photocopies of my drivers license and other information which I am not willing to do. They also admit that there is no guarantee that my information will be erased after I close my account and that information about me could reappear and I would have to again register with them and send them a photocopy of my drivers license or other identification in order to close my account.

Comment Re:So is this enough finally? (Score 1) 225

The only problem is the US government loves companies collecting this information since the NSA can scoop up this information. Surveilance hawks would simply argue that these privacy laws would destroy the ability of the intelligence community to stop terrorist attacks and most Americans would buy it and demand the government stop considering privacy laws.

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