I am a news junkie... Microsoft site, and yahoo mostly....

Well to post to some of the stories that pop up.... you have to go to the news agency site and "log on" to let them know your "opinion".

I usually don't post because i'm a security nerd... I hate aggressive ads or cookies.

I went to sign into one of the news sites.... yeah... its one I rate along with the Examiner and the Star... but wanted to post my opinion none the less.

Until I read the EULA.... this is an excerpt from the policy

Business Insider (online site) Information Policy
 
   b. Non-Personal Information We Automatically Collect About You

This type of information is collected anonymously through the use of technology, such as third-party cookies, web beacons,
and other similar methods. No PII is collected through these methods. Non-personal information we automatically collect may include,
but is not limited to:
•Hardware/software information (geographic location, IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, bandwidth, etc.)
•Analytics information (time spent on the Sites, number of pages viewed, referring web page, browsing information, social sharing, etc.)
•Advertising information (type of ads seen, number of times ads were served, pages where the ads were served, etc.)
•Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies.

It kills me how they get away with these things....
They know where you are, who your friends are (bet if your friends knew they would be unhappy).... what modem you are using, what computer you are typing from...
Are you getting this fella's?  
LOL, I forgot what I signed onto when I joined this site.... maybe I should go back a read it a bit.
So I guess what I am saying is.... welcome to the new age..... no matter who you are, they (whoever they are, most likely the google nerds, and whoever they sell your information to) know where, when and how you like your internet....
Also.. how is your IP, you location, your system information, your social sharing...not PERSONAL????

And no matter what you think.... THEY... are watching you.... sleep tight

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/24/15 at 21:09:00:

I'm sure there are some who still don't believe it.   Pitiful,,

MOST  PEOPLE,
Do not believe it.

That's WHY it is DONE !!!!!!

GEE  Why do Many People buy T.V.’s
Which, ‘WATCH YOU’, while YOU, watch, T.V.  ?????

Not gonna say it,,  no, no, no,  but it's just so hard NOT,

Personally, I like the EULA that came out originally with Linux Mint 17.0 that has since been amended several times as 17.1, 17.2 and 17.3 came out to make it shorter and easier to understand.

Here is the original long version.

Linux Mint 17 User Agreement

Download Linux Mint 17 and use it for free, pass it around to your family and friends for free.  All normal productivity, personal communications,  browsing and other common useful softwares and utilities are already configured for use and are included in the base download.  

Use it for free and we will offer to upgrade it every year with all included improvements for free.  

Your choice of default browsers from our Software Manager comes pre-configured to a non-invasive format and by default all proprietary drivers and such for your video card and sound card will be installed by our installation program.   We do have a version on the download page that only uses open source drivers for everything, but most of our users aren't that fanatical about proprietary drivers, and in truth the proprietary drivers actually do work better.

We collect no information from you or about you nor do the default browsers.   However, be aware if you choose to install them that the Google Chrome Browser and Firefox browser do collect minimal information from you as configured from our Software Manager, but both of these can collect more information if you choose to let them by enabling selected "extra features".

Join our Forums and talk to Clem about what you like and don't like about Linux Mint 17 -- Clem listens.   He gets most of his good ideas from you guys anyway.


Since then Google Chrome Browser has been dropped completely from the software manager as it became "too invasive" and Firefox has danced just this side of that nebulous line for a while now.  

Duck Duck Go is the default browser now as it is "as clean as the driven snow" so to speak, with Delphi as the second most popular choice for security conscious Europeans.    Nether are bad browsers, just not as fast and feature rich as Chrome or Firefox.

BTW, both Chrome and Firefox can now display Amazon Prime movies, a large move forward for Amazon into the world of Linux softwares, something that Linus enabled by putting DRM directly into the Linux Kernel a while back.

With Steam and Amazon being fully on board now, I really can't think of anything I am missing out on any more.





....... yeah, take that back,  I can think of a few things I am missing out on.  

All the slow porky arsed performance stuff and BS hassles and endless "weekly upgrade" automatic download nonsense that are now associated with using Microsoft products.
     

Can the kindle use it?

Whew! At least he doesn't Look like a creep... Wait, where's mu glasses?