Drive Tribe GELÄNDEWAGEN
I've created a G Wagen tribe on Drive Tribe if anyone is interested in joining:
https://www.drivetribe.com/t/fa-Iw1WuQ1eLTR9eNNd0fw/BhvdYeI2TMaHQ4Atsukt2A
Needs 10 members to make it public!!
Seems like you can only sign in/register with facebook.
Not much good for us non facebookers.
I don't use facebook either its a very clever form of spyware and data harvesting, best avoided if you can
The depth of the material that Facebook mines is extraordinary. You may be correct re Google but I don't share my deepest secrets or every trial and tribulation in my boring life on it in the way that Facebook users do.
This an area I have worked in for 20+ years... If you want no footprint - and I realise this was about avoiding some of the deep data harvesting. Then buy a basic mobile with no 'Apps' of any form on a pay and go contract. Drive an old car with no satnav. Don't send emails, because you can't have an email account. Don't own a smart TV - yes they do 'listen' to what you do and if you have a TV don't buy or connect to any digital channels or services. Only use a landline to make calls, or better still send letters.
Oh and of course as the most watched nation in the world with an increasing use of facial recognition being used - so coffee shop staff can say hello to you by name when you come back - go out in disguise and pay by cash - which is being targeted for being phased out in 10 years - so we all need to pay by bank card. Oh and of course when you do go out don't drive on motorways (gantry cameras) and avoid Police cars with ANPR....... etc etc..
I say all this as a data marketer so I do use this 'stuff' to get things done for clients. One other reality is though that whilst I can tell from 5 webpage views how you will vote and if you like a drink (95% confidence - so of course we can't use the voting bit - other than to spot voter irregularity in dodgy countries), there really is that much information on all of us - and where there are gaps on individuals algorithms can fill them in - that in many cases it really is wood for the trees..
I would just breath a sigh of relief that we do live in the UK, as despite our moaning - at times - we have a politically independent legal system that keeps legislation/politicians in check, even if we don't agree with some of the outcomes..
Just a thought - he said on a website using a personally identifiable and geo-locatable to within 1 meter lap top, that is connected to all my other devices virtually :-))
If you want to enjoy the benefits... You'll have to accept the downsides.
If you're still here.... Now go join my tribe :-)
https://drivetribe.com/t/fa-Iw1WuQ1eLTR9eNNd0fw/HaOqzYsbTaWSEvrBJoT1jQ
Simon666,
Thank you for your informative input; we do live in sacrey world. I had no incline that IT has so much passive control over our lives.
I joined, bit of a waste of time really. Nothing on there that facebook doesn't do better
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Unfortunately tracking and spyware is the norm for nearly every website you visit, due to third party cookies, Google Analytics and a million other technologies you don't realise are underneath nearly every site on the web. This is how retargeted advertising works.
You would have to make a concerted effort to remain private, just avoiding Facebook or other cherry picked sites is not enough.
Just sayin'.