A Curmudgeon's Guide To Privacy
from the avoid-telling-anyone-anything dept
Yesterday I was on the phone with a company that had sold me something. I was confused because they had charged my credit card 3 months after the purchase. After we worked out what had happened, the guy asked for my email address... for no clear reason. I was surprised and almost gave it to him, when I realized this company had no reason to know my email, and politely told him I preferred not to give it out. David Holtzman from Network Solutions sounds like he's even more afraid of giving out any information (I usually give in once it gets annoying) and has a guide to protecting your digital privacy. Of course, even following the strategies he outlines (things like pay cash upfront, don't use membership cards, and never use wireless devices), I would imagine most people have very little real privacy. Most of our privacy these days (unfortunately) comes from obscurity. There's simply too much data for anyone to be too interested in your specific data (until, of course, you do something wrong).
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