• norimee@lemmy.world
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    Rule of thumb on the Internet, if you can’t see how it’s payed for (subscriptions, ads, donations…) then you probably pay with your personal data.

    Especially true for apps and games. “Play totally free, no annoying adds or in-app purchases” means “Here is a trojan horse pretending to be a game while farming every possible information from your device to sell to the highest bidder”.

  • ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place
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    4 hours ago

    My email is whatever shit protonpass comes up with when I generate a random alias. Phone number is 3334445566 Name is: lol no Gender is undisclosed DoB is January 1st of the first year I can select. Otherwise, 1900 And income is 1.

    There, free WiFi.

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      I usually use:
      Email - nope@nah.com
      Name - Nah Nope
      Gender - prefer not to say
      DoB - same as you
      Phone - just random digits, or if I’m feeling spicy the phone number of a guy I used to be buddies with who fucked me over
      Income - never been asked for this yet, probably go with something outlandish…like 1

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    Walmart does similar now, though they don’t ask all that much. The bogus account I set up is…

    Email: irrelevant@dispostable.com

    Password: Walmart1

    Name: Anonymous Human

    Enjoy your anonymous free WiFi at Walmart haha!