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Subject: Re: Samsung account
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:21:08 -0700
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On 3/14/2024 6:26 PM, Richmond wrote:

> What I was thinking was that Samsung would be able to identify you if
> you ordered the phone (or device) and had it delivered to your
> house.

Guess I'm safe then. I got my Samsung phone from the Verizon store. Whew...

> Samsung might also be able to pick up your phone number from your SIM
> card (if you had one) and use that together with contact information
> from others to find your name. I don't know if they actually do that
> or have any interest in knowing who you are, they could sell
> advertising just with some unique identifier. But they have tailored
> android and could have put stuff in there to get information.

All of the above: Complete guesswork on your part.

> I use google chrome on my desktop and I have even switched on their
> new ad choices thing, which I think is quite a good solution to the
> problem of selling personalized advertising without tracking.

I've been using Google a very long time now. Many years ago Gmail (in a
browser) actually did have ads. But in recent years I've not been able
to tie any ads directly to my Google account. Out of sight out of mind...

> If I want to look up my medical conditions, or anything which I think
> the government should not be so nosy (snoopers charter) about, then I
> use TOR.

Paranoia in spades...