@aral @holly @technollama I wrote them an e-mail a few years ago to complain that I need to log in before I can watch iPlayer or listen to radio. Their response was that I could opt out of profile building after logging in. So, what do they need my e-mail address for? They didn't even understand why I was complaining and it might be an issue, so my trust is 0.
I finally gave up and signed on with a trashmail address only to find out they want the full postcode too! Generator + VPN to the rescue
@holly NYT is one of the greatest jokes on that matter : https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/23/opinion/data-internet-privacy-tracking.html They even remark it inside the article @technollama @aral
@holly even more irony is that you are using a non-free operating system
@holly @technollama Surveillance capitalism is a parody of itself
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