Not trying to be a smartypants. Genuinely curious regarding the following: > Sending a secure email to my secure email account would be a start.
What is the definition of secure email or secure email account in the above sentence? > Except the preferrence is to gmail - - - to feed the advertising > engine you know! Do I understand correctly that you've run into websites that insist on users signing up with a gmail account, or am I understanding this wrong? If so, what are some examples of such services? Alex Kink (PGP Key <https://alexkink.net/public_key.asc>) +1 416 887 4795 > On Jan 15, 2024, at 13:53, o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 11:38 AM Evan Leibovitch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 7:37 AM o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> One doesn't use a cell phone (well I wouldn't) but a cellphone number is >>> demanded to verify one's identity. Without a working cellphone connection >>> one is today - - - a NON-person. >> >> >> OK, what other ways of verifying identity would you prefer? > > Sending a secure email to my secure email account would be a start. > Except the preferrence is to gmail - - - to feed the advertising > engine you know! > >> You can still do most of what needs to be done with banks and government >> through in-person and/or postal service that can be done without >> connectivity of any kind. > > Postal service - - - - what a misd nomer!!! > > Post office hours are such so that that would necessitate a special > trip into town. (Gross costs about $35.) > Bank I am dealing with doesn't do in person stuff any more - - - they > might upon special request but as I'm > neither part of the 'elderly' (yet) nor infirm that's also a no go. >> >>> I understand that you don't get the problem but then you are an urban >>> dweller >> >> >> As are more than 80% of Canadians. > > Its actually 93% or Canuckistanis - - - which is why its so > frustrating for the other 7% - - - the 93% asks > why should we give a c**p - - - they see no need for the fix. > Except even among urban dwellers there is a rapidly widening > availability of services and the probelm is > increasing rather than diminishing. (Cell phone access is based upon > maximal profit for the providers > not upon providing a service. This has supposedly been an election > issue for just short of some 25 years > here and still no changes - - - just more platitudes!) >> >>> who has absolutely no idea what its like trying to connect to an ever >>> increasing number of entities that demand SMS connectiviity >> >> >> You're right, I have no idea. I logically assume that if someone wants to >> "connect" that first they possess a device capable of "connecting". >> >> Please explain why this should not be the case. > > Why should this method of 'connecting' be imposed upon those who don't > even have the option to use it? >> >> FWIW, much of my most important supplemental authentication -- including a >> number of government accounts -- is done through an authenticator app which >> does not rely on SMS. > > Hmmmmmm - - - you're still using a stupid phone - - - - - lets say > your stupid phone service died and you would not be able to > replace said service for 60 days - - - what would you do then? > > It doesn't seem like you're getting the extent of the issue - - - > you're offerring solutions that just don't work if one > doesn't have access to cellphone service. > > I have one - - - use it when I go into town - - - - otherwise - - - > imo - - - - its a stupidly expensive > (and quite useless here) communication device - - - - and not much else. > > Regards > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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