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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LegalEagle Suing PayPal's Honey⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I would say the real issue is transparency. If Honey made it clear that their product overwrote the affiliate links referer, didn’t actually find the best deals (despite advertising that exact thing), and then paid influencers to advertise their product that also steals from them, then this wouldn’t be as much of a big deal if at all. Though they also probably wouldn’t be a successful business, hence why many consider it a scam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Email Scam Includes Pictures of Your House. Don’t Fall For It.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They likely buy leaked data that would include things like your full name and email, perhaps an address. Even if an address isn’t there, legal data brokers often have your address for a small payment anyways. From there they likely use something like Google Street view.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does everyone hate Google now? | Google's story over the last two decades has been a tale as old as time: enshittification for growth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  On the android front, if you don’t mind using a pixel phone then Graphene OS would be worth checking out. It’s a foss non rooted alternative to base android with a focus on privacy and security. The no root requirement means a good amount of apps like banking work properly on it. It vastly expands the app permission system and removes the special privileges to Google system apps, allowing you to remove it or limit them. It also supports sandboxing of the play store and multiple profiles so you can effectively quarantine Google requiring apps.