On 26/01/2017 03:52, Dale wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> On 01/25/2017 05:03 AM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >>> The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an >>> invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the >>> download. >>> >>> I was using iced-tea at one stage but found the android sdk didn’t work >>> well with it - is there a less objectionable java source than oracle >>> that has a compatible java? >>> >>> BillK >> "Why does radio-shack ask for your phone number why you buy batteries!" >> >> Always good to not put up with this crap, I like to feed them >> obviously fake information when I need something from a place that >> insists on doing this. >> >> I purchased some hardware (at a physical store with cash none the >> less) recently and the cashier asked for my information and was >> annoyingly insistent[1] so I gave them "John Smith at 123 1st Street" >> as she audibly sucked her teeth. >> >> The more people put up with this stuff the more bad things will happen >> - two police officers recently were murdered in france because a >> terrorist got their address off the internet and paid them a visit. >> >> [1]I presume they get a bonus for how many marketing >> emails/information they collect. >> >> > > It's also good to have a email address that you rarely if ever check. I > have one with the words spam, junk and such in it. I like the looks I > get when I give it to them. Generally, they not happy. Thing is, if I > need to confirm something, I can login and confirm it. It is a valid > email addy, I just rarely check it. > > It's odd just how much info they want just so we can be a customer. > Some act like we owe them something.
If you own your own domain and sign up for say a bank account at Citibank, give your address as [email protected] and you will never see spam from that institution :-) I have it on good authority (from friends working there) that local banks etc "grep -v" anything that remotely matches their own name or domain when selling^Wsharing lists with spammers^Wpartners... Now if I can just get my own employer to get it too. Got another of these phone calls today: Them: Hi Alan! I'm calling from XYZ mobile network to offer you a great deal!! Me: I work for XYZ mobile network Them: Oh. Our special has great call rates! Me: All my calls are free Them: You get a great phone at a great discount...! Me: I have a top-flight company phone as a tool of trade, plus a notebook, plus a modem plus 2 x 24" hires screens Them: Errrr ... how about a great deal for you wife? Me: The company gives me a second SIM for my spouse, same benefits Srsly, that happened. And some people have no idea when they are driving down Hopeless Street :-) -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
