" Don't return product warranty cards." Maybe that will void your warranty?
" If you have to use a supermarket shopping card, be sure to exchange it with your friends or with strangers. "
" Pay with cash where possible. Electronic transactions leave a detailed dossier of your activities that can be accessed by the government or sold to telemarketers. "
* " Don't return product warranty cards."
Maybe that will void your warranty?
Bull. Go back to the store you purchased your faulty device at and they'll take it back under warranty. No warranty card needed.
* " If you have to use a supermarket shopping card, be sure to exchange it with your friends or with strangers. "
Why not? If nothing else, you'll help your friends/strangers save money and preserve their own personal data, and you'll boost your points rating.
* " Pay with cash where possible. Electronic transactions leave a detailed dossier of your activities that can be accessed by the government or sold to telemarketers. "
Many police cases are solved by following credit card trails. Even the WTC terrorists could have been stopped by following their credit card activities. So I expect you'll say "fine, I'm no criminal! why should I worry?". Well, maybe you'll think about it next time you go buy a bottle of scotch at your local convenience store late at night, and the FBI come banging at your door a week later when it turns out that convenience store was held by Ali Bin Terror and they're arresting and detaining everybody who has been in contact with him, "just in case".
* " If you have to use a supermarket shopping card, be sure to exchange it with your friends or with strangers. "
Why not? If nothing else, you'll help your friends/strangers save money and preserve their own personal data, and you'll boost your points rating.
Here we get coupons with our name on it and it is non-transferable. Although, if you have followed the steps mentioned in the article you wouldn't get the coupon in the first place but that's a different story. Also, if its transferable, how would i
"* " Don't return product warranty cards."
Maybe that will void your warranty?"
If any Australians re eeading this, it would be illegal for the distributor/manufacturer to not honour their warranty if you haven't sent your warranty card in. A docket is sufficient to gain warranty.
Pay with cash where possible. Electronic transactions leave a detailed dossier of your activities that can be accessed by the government or sold to telemarketers. "
So in other words: don't buy anything online... how about no.
There are online shopping sites [amazon.com] that take money orders. In the US, getting a money order is simple enough, head down to the convenience store or your nearest US post office. You can pay for money orders with cash. As for putting in your real name, well, that's not necessary in the web form since you're not paying with a credit card and they don't need it to run the card. As far as your address goes, some copy shops [mbe.com] will receive packages for you and give you a street address. Pay with that for cash, it
" Don't return product warranty cards.
Maybe that will void your warranty?"
Nope don't do the warranty card. Do read it, but, 99.9% of the time, it is NOT needed to get your warranty, and it is used for NOTHING more than compiling information on you. I used to work for Acxiom years back...a company in Conway,AR that has information on about 98% of the people in the US. This was 7 years ago...they are working worldwide now. They told us about the warranty card thing...back then, I looked...most of them wer
You may think I am crazy, but I wish some virus writer would write a "Plausible Deniability Virus". This virus, when installed, would auto-click "I agree" to any EULA that is displayed on screen. It would automatically distribute and download random MP3's, movies, software, and other copyrighted materials. It would add history of visiting porn sites to your web cache.
Then when your employer, the **AA, Microsoft, the FBI, or your spouse starts complaining about what thet found due to our lack of privacy, you could say "It might have been the PlausDen.A virus - not me!"
Not that I personally want this virus installed on my system... I just want the possibility that I may have had the virus.
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Maybe that will void your warranty?
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* " Don't return product warranty cards."
Maybe that will void your warranty?
Bull. Go back to the store you purchased your faulty device at and they'll take it back under warranty. No warranty card needed.
* " If you have to use a supermarket shopping card, be sure to exchange it with your friends or with strangers. "
Why not? If nothing else, you'll help your friends/strangers save money and preserve their own personal data, and you'll boost your points rating.
* " Pay with cash where possible. Electronic transactions leave a detailed dossier of your activities that can be accessed by the government or sold to telemarketers. "
Many police cases are solved by following credit card trails. Even the WTC terrorists could have been stopped by following their credit card activities. So I expect you'll say "fine, I'm no criminal! why should I worry?". Well, maybe you'll think about it next time you go buy a bottle of scotch at your local convenience store late at night, and the FBI come banging at your door a week later when it turns out that convenience store was held by Ali Bin Terror and they're arresting and detaining everybody who has been in contact with him, "just in case".
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Why not? If nothing else, you'll help your friends/strangers save money and preserve their own personal data, and you'll boost your points rating.
Here we get coupons with our name on it and it is non-transferable. Although, if you have followed the steps mentioned in the article you wouldn't get the coupon in the first place but that's a different story. Also, if its transferable, how would i
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Even the WTC terrorists could have been stopped by following their credit card activities.
Do you really beleive that's true? I don't.
This might be an interesting read. [www.cbc.ca]
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So in other words: don't buy anything online... how about no.
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Nope don't do the warranty card. Do read it, but, 99.9% of the time, it is NOT needed to get your warranty, and it is used for NOTHING more than compiling information on you. I used to work for Acxiom years back...a company in Conway ,AR that has information on about 98% of the people in the US. This was 7 years ago...they are working worldwide now. They told us about the warranty card thing...back then, I looked...most of them wer
Plausible Deniability Virus (Score:5, Insightful)
Then when your employer, the **AA, Microsoft, the FBI, or your spouse starts complaining about what thet found due to our lack of privacy, you could say "It might have been the PlausDen.A virus - not me!"
Not that I personally want this virus installed on my system... I just want the possibility that I may have had the virus.
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