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I went into Barnes and Noble and bought a book. The clerk asked me if
I wanted the receipt emailed to me.
WHAT??? I was stunned.
They will do anything to get your email address to bombard your
STUPID phone with advertising.
I have an old STUPID phone and use it sometimes to play solitaire
when I can't get to sleep.
It has no sim card, phone number or email address. It was still
getting advertising. WHAT THE HELL is going on?
Turns out the wifi was on and I have a wifi in the house for my
computer. The system I use also has an Ethernet cable and I use that
most of the time for my note book computer. Friends or relatives can
use my wifi when they come over.
Apparently the old STUPID PHONE was getting ads just because of the
wifi being on and Android running. No email address no phone number!
I turned the wifi off so I will let you know if that works to kill
the ads. Basically ANDROID is garbage as it allows the program you
are currently using to be interrupted by advertising. Windows 7 and
Windows XP does not do that. Nor of course does Linux. I have been
using Linux for 30 years and the Mint with Mate version for the
last ten. Works great. I can up grade the hardware without paying
Microsoft the $150 tax for up grading the OS.
Now I don't know if Windows 10 works like Android and allows program
interruption. I suspect it does so I am avoiding up grading because
I have a few programs that will only run on Windows.
Paul Lamar
Hi Paul,
Linux is of course a free open source system, I cannot understand why
any one would use Microsoft. Xp & 7 were the best of the Microsoft
shit.
If I was to start again I would go with Linux. If you are running
Microsoft I would suggest you don't allow any updates from
Microsoft, I have had no problems since I stopped allowing updates. I
have been using the same guy to sort out any problems with mt box for
over 15 years, He has now given up this line of work stating that
Windows 10 has driven him to give up because of the problems it is
causing. He no longer needs the hassle.
Windows 10 is a load of garbage that they will keep charging you for
Regards Andrew Campbell
I am slowly learning more about this. If you have an early dumb phone
with Android 4.xx I suspect it will do email with out being connected
to Verizon, AT&T or T-mobil. They charge $50 month and up. Of course
it won't make or receive telephone calls but a cheap flip phone will
do that for $25 a month. It works the same way Linux does. You have
to have an email address of course.
You must also have Wi Fi access of course. McDonalds well works all
over the world. Google Maps also works if the phone has a GPS
receiver I think. The play store works as well. And maybe Google for
research.
This is information the techs at the big tele companies and places
like Best Buys will not tell you or they don't know.
Paul Lamar —————————————————————————————————
Paul, the advertising you see is not related to the OS — it’s the
browser. All of the major browser clients are paid for by companies
that monetize your use of the browser. Firefox is still probably the
best bet — but after a few years during which it was funded by Yahoo,
its main funder is now Google again. It doesn’t matter whether you
use Linux, BSD, Windows or Mac, the browser is the one that stores
cookies and tosses them back to web sites when you visit, which
trigger the ads, which pay for the search and map engines.
You’re right, an Android phone or phablet works fine when connected
with wifi. You can even make phone calls using a VoIP app. But I
often don’t have access to wifi and need to connect with one of the
four network operators. They are Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint.
Their own plans are expensive as you say. But there is a landscape of
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_virtual_network_operators
that resell the same network access for less. The best choices at the
moment seem to be Ting and US Mobile. Ting gives you (depending on
which SIM card you use) Sprint LTE or T-Mobile GSM for $6 a month
plus $20 for 2 GB of data. US Mobile is about the same and gives you
Verizon LTE or T-Mobile GSM.
Another choice is a cell modem like the Netgear LB1120, which is
about $100. You put a SIM card (I am using T-Mobile GSM through Ting)
in it and gives you a wired Ethernet connection. There are other
brands that include a wifi router (usually called mobile hotspots) so
you can connect your wireless device. Some of these, particularly the
wireless ones, are pretty flaky but the Netgear has been solid.
I’m doing some research on where these networks can be used from the
air. Unlike traditional 850 MHz cellular, all the higher bands where
they do most of the data are legal for airborne use, with the
permission of the pilot. The cell carriers don’t like it and some try
to lock you out if you hit too many cell sites at once. Below about
2000 ft and 150 kt most networks work okay.
David Josephson
Does turning the cookie off help?
Paul Lamar
Turning cookies off, or clearing cookies and cache every time, only
means that you won’t get ads specifically targeted at you. It also means
that websites can’t remember anything about you, so you’ll have to sign
in or whatever you need every time to go there. In most cases you’ll
still get an ad, it just won’t be related to your history.
Google and the other ad-servers are only half the problem. The other
half is people who are too cheap to pay the few dollars it costs for
their website and think they can make money by putting Google Adwords
boxes on their site. The ads can include pop-up and pop-under ads that
seem to come from nowhere even after you have gone away from the
originating page. If you don’t visit a site that has ad-server code,
you’ll never see an ad unless some previous ad has installed ware that
lives in your browser. Beware of “helper” programs, especially free ones.
Adblocking software (such as getadblock.com <
http://getadblock.com) can
help. But some of those programs, especially the free ones, make their
money by selling your click history for other “analytical” purposes or
install other ad channels on your browser. The only real solution is to
not visit websites that have ad-server applets on them.
David Josephson
Too complicated for me David.
I think the best plan is don't use your Dumb Phone for telephone calls.
Get a flip phone. You want your telephone on all the time in case
your friends want to get in touch as soon as possible.
That way you can leave your Dumb Phone off 95% of the time.
When you need a hotspot or navigation or any other of the features
that require a cell phone tower you only have to have it on while doing
that.
You can check your email once a day. If you never need a hot spot you
don't need to pay the big telephone companies. Most of the features
will still work and you save $50 or $200 a month.
Paul Lamar
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