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To: fwdude

“Your name will be sold to advertising lists.”

Very SIMPLE solution that many of us use...
1. Use a fake name
2. Create a throw-away email address using that fake name
3. Set up an email filter to send all emails to that address to the trash

I use an old PacBell account that eventually found its way to Yahoo. They allow you to create 500 disposable email addresses under your main account and set up the filter to trash any mail going to that address.

Also, if you need to buy something at a merchant you are unsure of, do NOT use your regular credit card. Get a “virtual credit card” number from either CapitalOne or Privacy.com. On Privacy.com, you can create a one-time use credit card number for a particular merchant. The number is destroyed / disabled the one time you use it.


16 posted on 03/27/2023 7:05:32 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks for the advice.

If you don’t have a robust VPN, they will identify you by your IP address, so implementing one of those is a must as well. I use ExpressVPN. Money well spent.


20 posted on 03/27/2023 7:12:50 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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