Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant)

On 3/15/2025 6:32 AM, Janet wrote:

In article <vr26tl$23tjm$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
 

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The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one:
MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)

    What "privacy"?  he's on Facebook, fgs.
 Even on usenet he's already identified his age, state,
town, local employer, daughter, two babymamas and even his
vehicles; and posted his own picture.  Those provide
enough info for anyone in the world to trace his address ,
and much more.
   (Right down to political affiliation. Oh dear).
      Janet UK   .

It's amusing Bruce thinks he's protecting Michael's privacy.  He put himself full out there from the get go.  Not that he has any reason to hide.  I like Michael, although I do question some of his life choices (and yes, he knows it).
IME, using duckduckgo as a browser is not so much about tracking as it is about not being bombarded by targeted advertising.  Using Google, if I so much as look up a product someone mentioned I am bombarded by advertising popups (thanks to AI).  This is why I run Ad Block software at home.
At work, my computer is connected to a server in NYC.  No Ad Block software.  The approved browser at work is Google Chrome.  Whenever I try to look up something local to South Carolina it wants to correct me to be located in NY.  Uh, NO.  I don't live in NY.  So much for Artificial Intelligence and data tracking. Heh.
Jill