How to fight the surveillance economy

Re:How to fight the surveillance economy by myself248 on Friday February 08, 2019 @01:11PM (#19117013)

Use fakes. In the US there's a famous song called Jenny with the phone number 867-5309 in the lyrics. Everyone over age 30 knows that number by heart, and a fair number younger too.

Simply give (your local area-code)-867-5309 and there's a very good chance that someone's already signed up with that number. If not, I'll complete the signup with that number and whatever bogus name comes to mind. Jacob Blues, 1060 W Addison 60613 works well.

Just like AdNauseam, simply chaff the system until it's futile.

I'm sure there are similar characters in the public consciousness of every country.

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Re:How to fight the surveillance economy by 29083011397778 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @01:22AM (#19121080)

Shouldn't the first name always be Jenny for 857-5309? Otherwise the next person is screwed when the cashier (potentially) asks for a name.

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