Extortion? That's where you went? I realize a shareholder revolt and forced new management is unlikely since CALPERS and NEA are major stockholders; but what about actually stripping a broadcaster of its (government owned) spectrum? This would tank Disney shares, and hurt CALPERS and the NEA by extension. Don't forget, CALPERS and NEA are major donors to the Democrats.

Thus getting back the money Trump extorted for his librabry.

If you keep your money in a bank, that ship has already sailed and left you behind. The Social Security Death Master File: "If you get accidentally added to it when you are not dead, it can mess up your Social Security payments, sure, but also your bank accounts, all kinds of things. ... DHS wants the SSA to kill off 2.7 million people, like an entire city, mark them all as dead in the Death Master File. Again, like last time, no sign or pretense that they're for real dead. DHS tells Jeremiah's team that these 2.7 million are here illegally ...."

If you're marked as dead by SSA, you're effectively legally dead: all your bank accounts and credit cards will be frozen, until you can get to an SSA office and prove to their satisfaction that you are who you say you are and are also not actually dead.

An example of NOT practicing minimal access: "A database of almost a million passports from around the world was leaked online. Note what happened. A high-value credential -- a passport -- was used in an ancillary low-value authentication system: ID verification for cannabis dispensaries. And it’s the low-value system that got hacked, putting the high-value credential at risk."

Explains how to set up Apple ID and how to use it.
"To create and present your Apple Digital ID, you need
* "An Apple Account with two-factor authentication turned on."
* "An unexpired U.S. passport."
* Claims: "Your Digital ID data is encrypted. Apple can't see when and where you use your Digital ID, and biometric authentication using Face ID and Touch ID helps make sure that only you can view and use your Digital ID."
* "If you don't have a U.S. passport to create your Digital ID, you can add an eligible driver's license to Apple Wallet."
* "How to create a Digital ID on your iPhone and Apple Watch .... After the passport's chip is read, you'll be asked to take a selfie to prove that you're really you." (or an identical twin?)
* "Present your Digital ID from your iPhone and Apple Watch .... If prompted, authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID. ... Hold the top of your iPhone or the display of your Apple Watch near the identity reader."

So, to answer one question: no, you don't need to hand over your phone to anyone. Unless, you know, they force you to.

Except it isn't. As the summary says, "Apple Wallet IDs are generally not accepted by law enforcement, so carrying a physical ID is still legally required for traffic stops." Optional for the (currently) small number of businesses that will accept it, yes.

This sounds like the Greek moutza.

the Facewatch system has a 99.98% accuracy rate,

So one in every five thousand people who walk into your stores is going to be falsely accused of a crime? Wow, thanks for making abundantly clear that people should NOT shop there...

Your utility bills are not one off payments, they're recurring, so the whole "pay later" model falls apart. It's just a way to pay more for the same thing, and if somebody is short of money, for them to be caught in debt. Same goes for the likes of Klarna which splits payments into 4 smaller payments. For a one off thing maybe that's fine, but for recurring bills it ends up meaning you're just slammed with constant barrage payment deadlines.

All crap I do not want. The .exe installer for my game please. Game spy did it right as far a match making goes. I don't buy on Steam, and I don't use GoG's Galaxy. I don't care about Achievements, and if you are into Mod'n a game you should be able to figure out how to load and manage them. I write DOOM2 maps and I can do that just fine without Bethesda. An online server multiplayer game should handle client side issues itself. All the crap you are pushing is just more info for someone to cache about you...

" Half of those using them said they could not make ends meet otherwise, according to the latest edition of a survey that LendingTree, a loan marketplace, has compiled for years."

If you are using any loan to 'make ends meet' you are not making ends meet, you are merely delaying bankruptcy.

They specifically mentioned Flex, Zip and Affirm, which can easily reach 20% and even 36%. Basically credit card rates.

It is possible to pay these rates for a short term emergency and then take years to pay it off.

Food, rent, etc. are things you need to buy every week, not an emergency. If you cannot afford it this week, you will never be able to do it. Instead you keep getting more and more debt at these rates until you reach the credit limit, then go bankrupt.

You can't. As the summary says, "The user-agreement update isn't necessarily binding in court." But people who don't know that my THINK they signed their rights away, which is good for Amazon (et. al.).

You've never actually met any election workers, have you?

Yes, I know: don't feed the trolls, and it's useless to argue with stupid. For the others, the Cato Institute, not noted for its strong support of the Democratic Party or support for illegal immigration: "... there was a net increase in the illegal immigrant population of 5.5 to 6 million during Biden’s administration."

Also: "What if There Were 20 Million More Illegal Immigrants? Illegal immigrant crime and incarceration rates would be among the lowest of any subpopulation in the United States. ... Terrorists who entered as illegal immigrants have murdered zero people in attacks on US soil since 1975."

The HIPAA example is from medicine, but there are also restrictions in other fields: attorney-client privilege, for example.