How to poison the data that Big Tech uses to surveil you

MIT Technology Review ^ | 5 Mar, 2021 | Karen Haoarchive page

[beef]

I found a picture here:

https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

that I could plausible claim is me and I have been posting it on social media sites.

[TexasGator]

“Cradlepoint AER series routers are serious kit. Not cheap, but highly effective.”

Doesn’t stop the data mining.

[glorgau]

One example of this happening is Apple’s latest versions of its Safari browser. By default more trackers are being blocked, so Facebook - whose lifeblood is user data - is declaring war on Apple.

[cgbg]

My recommendation—use a photo of a reptilian alien if you sign up for any service that allows a picture.

Let the algos chew on that!

[dayglored]

Poisoning Big Tech ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Red Badger for the ping!

[Still Thinking]

You may be a dog, but I am not a cat!

[joshua c]

I do the same with bikinis and lingerie. Makes for pleasant pop up ads.

[gundog]

[CaptainPhilFan]

I’ve been doing this for years. A few times a week I search some random illness or condition. I click on ads I have NO interest in. “Search” for things from a wide variety of cultures and lifestyles.

I have no idea how this has affected my online algorithm but I get very few ads for anything I might really be interested in. Probably because my real interests would bore a gnat and are not profitable.

[MtnClimber]

People should know that modern cell phones have GPS modules that are used with the map programs and also collect your position data to sell to advertisers (and can also be collected by law enforcement). These GPS modules are generally accurate to about one meter (about three feet). If a GPS satellite in view has been placed into maintenance mode it could reduce accuracy to 3 meters or so (not much reduction). Each GPS satellite is in view only 15-20 minutes due to their orbital movement so accuracy reduction is only temporary.

Your movement data allows determination of where you live and where you work for most people. Your phone is tracked where it goes and how long it is there. This data was used in the January 6 Capitol incursion and for anyone who was nearby.

I rarely take my cell phone with me for this reason. You can put your phone in a Faraday bag or wrap it with a few wraps of aluminum foil. You can call your cell phone from another phone and if your location gives full bars of signal strength and your phone rings inside the shielding then the shielding is not working sufficiently.

[Liz]

Researchers at the Computer Assn for Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency show how you can exploit Big Tech:
<><> do "data strikes"---withhold or delete your data so a tech firm cannot use it or sell it;
<><> install privacy tools,
<><> do fun stuff like "data poisoning," contributing meaningless and/or harmful data;
<><> use AdNauseam, a browser extension that clicks on ads Big Tech sends you, thus confusing Google’s ad-targeting algorithms.

[Bob434]

Autocorrect can go straight to he’ll as far as I’m concerned

[Varsity Flight]

Calculate the value of pi

[Bob434]

Is there an adblocker for android tablets?

[Varsity Flight]

AI Invasion

[discostu]

Seems like a lot of work for no actual gain. Oh great so now the ads aren’t something that you would be interested in, so what. Google probably thinks AdNaseum is great, since they get paid on click-throughs, please click everything.

[max americana]

I have a droid phone but notthe tablet and it works on mine. But I used DDG browser on the phone though. Get the Adblock Plus, it’s free. Adblock by itself, the basic does the job anyway.

[Bob434]

[[People should know that modern cell phones have GPS modules that are used with the map programs and also collect your position data to sell to advertisers]]

I like to tie the cell phone to a dog and let it run through the woods chasing critters.

[Seruzawa]

I’m amused to get ads that try to sell me what I’ve already bought.

We refinanced a couple of years ago and afterwards was inundated for months with ads for refinancing. Lol.

[silverleaf]

Spell check can be your worst enema