• @DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    26: unsubscribe from the email promos that the site automatically signed you up to even though you didn’t check the Subscribe to newsletter box, which requires you to log into the site and find and uncheck all the boxes in the “contact settings”.

    • @PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world
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      26a: Note that they will simply add more categories over time and helpfully subscribe you to each of the new ones whether you ever visit the site again or not.

      • @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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        Unsubscribe is for real suckers only. When someone clicks that I always imagine some goon elbowing the guy next to him and saying something like, “look Keith we got another” unsubscriber" over here!" With a big goofy grin on his face.

        • stankmut
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          If the email is from a legitimate business, they must have an unsubscribe button and it has to work. They get a little time before they are required to process the request, 10 days in the US, but I’ve usually seen it take effect immediately.

          Don’t click the unsubscribe button in an actual spam email.

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            If you didn’t ASK to receive emails from them, it’s spam and it should be reported as such.

            Fuck unsubscribing from things I didn’t subscribe to.

          • @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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            Not sure what you mean about legitimate businesses. I don’t really trust any of them anymore. Those unsubscribe pages are still full of traps and they often don’t keep you off new mailings that they can say you didn’t explicitly unsubscribe from because this is a new newsletter that they thought you might be interested in. If I didn’t opt-in, it’s spam, and I’d like to think that maybe me labeling it as such might contribute to filters picking it up for someone else too.

      • Dzso
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        Report spam? You mean deactivate single-use email.

  • @helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
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    Missed the step towards the end were you have to switch browser and restart the whole process because “Firefox not supported” or you’ve an extension that’s a bit overzealous on blocking the checkout popup window.

    • @Hoimo@ani.social
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      Blocked an ad that fucked up the css so dramatically that the checkout button is now permanently stuck at -10% of viewport.

      • @Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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        I tried to order chicken teriyaki so it would be ready for my wife to pick up en route home. Website requires a login. Make it. It doesn’t log in after creating the login, so log in again. Password wrong. Reset password. Finally get in. Get to last step and there’s no button to send the order. Fortunately, I’d wasted so much time that my wife was already there standing in line.

        I assume it’s just formatted for mobile, but when I’m sitting at my computer, I’m going to use it, it’s always faster. Except when it doesn’t work.

      • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        The App:

        One WebBrowser component.

        A straw to slurp all your location and contact data.

        Annoying notifications.

        • @VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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          There was a booth at my farmers market (I know) that bragged about how they can turn any website into a app.

          And I wanted to (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻) their table

      • @ameancow@lemmy.world
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        I was astonished when I first learned that hardly anyone enters web addresses anymore, then it made sense when I realized that almost everyone browses on their phones and uses the app versions of whatever they scroll, which is really only going to be somewhere between three and a dozen sites anyway, people don’t just “surf the internet” anymore, they scroll content aggregators and social media feeds. People hate making choices or having control, they want to turn off their mind and just be fed sensations and experiences.

        Because of this most people don’t really know HOW websites and networks work, when I explain things like how cookies work, how to refresh a page, how to navigate to specific parts of a website by changing the address, how to search the web for alternatives, etc. I get looked at like either an annoying nerd or some kind of wizard.

  • @ghostrider2112@lemmy.world
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    Don’t forget that it saved all of your credit card info except for the secret code. then you search for the card and find the stupid code and enter it and then it tells you that there was an unknown error and to try a new card.

  • @Awebo@lemm.ee
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    They forgot the last step: delete the promo emails from the company you never signed up for

    • @MrFinnbean@lemmy.world
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      The worst thing is that you gave them the permission to send emails to you, but you did not even notice it.

      If you give some information to any for profit company you can be sure they will use that information and if you decline the permits they are going to keep asking until you eventually miss click.

      For example if you fill shopping basked, but abandon it after filling your information they can contact you once as “a friendly reminder” about the cart and they can keep that information legally for few weeks until they must anomize the data. And if you at some point clicked something where you accept the marketing permits they can keep that information “as long as the company thinks it is reasonable to keep and/or revelant information for their operation.”

      Source: Im part of the problem. Atleast for now.

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        The worst thing is that you gave them the permission to send emails to you, but you did not even notice it.

        Note: there are a lot of services now that will sneakily get your signature/acceptance without you realizing it. The latest one I noticed was at the pharmacy, where you normally sign for your prescription, it now has one or more options that pop up before you sign for your actual medicine, and if you read what you’re signing you see it’s permission to text you special offers and promotions.

        ALWAYS READ WHAT YOU ACCEPT, IF YOU DON’T KNOW, DON’T SIGN IT. If you’re worried or pressured, just ask someone. We can’t keep discarding our rights and privacy because we’re worried about people in line behind us or worried how much time you’re going to lose at least SKIMMING the user licence agreement. You can save yourself a lot of junk and hassle if you at least make sure the accept buttons and signature fields are actually for what you want.

      • @Awebo@lemm.ee
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        I am glad I am using proton. I never give my real email to any website and create an alias for every website. That way, when I ever receive a spam email, I know exactly which company sold my data and I can turn that alias off permanently.

        • @rapchee@lemmy.world
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          do you use “email+alias@proton” style aliases (afaik how gmail does it) or do you get an entirely new email address?

          • @Awebo@lemm.ee
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            I use proton pass and it generates an alias with a prefix you give it, which helps to recognize what email it is, so this format: <prefix>.<random-generated-part>@passmail.net

            So an example could be google.chasing645@passmail.net

  • RejZoR
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    How people can deal with internet without adblockers like uBlock is just baffling. Not only ads, but also all the cookie banners and phone app popups and other crap. uBlock will filter all this shit out so you just use the website without junk and annoyances.

    I’ve used the original Windscribe back when it was still a regular x86 app that acted like a local proxy and would filter out ads and banners. That was early 2000s iirc. Even back then I couldn’t stand all this crap. Today I can’t imagine browsing without uBlock or at minimum with DNS filtering which can’t apply cosmetic filters or more advanced rules.

    • @Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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      AdNauseam. It clicks all the adverts. Yes, this is actively malicious behaviour. No, I don’t care.

      • @filcuk@lemmy.zip
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        Malicious against advertisers, beneficial to the site you’re visiting.
        That’s a win-win in the desolate place we call the internet today.

    • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Just want to post this here for anyone not aware… uBlock “medium” mode. Kind of an unadvertised feature that has to be enabled in a strangely obscure way (I think they want to make sure you’re not a complete idiot).

      Still, pretty easy to set up, and much more protection than the default (but also not nearly as frustrating as “hard” mode or whatever they call it). Basically, most sites you visit are going to be broken the first time you go, but you enable elements you need for the site to load, then save those settings for that domain. Takes about 30 seconds or so once you know what you’re doing and you only need to do it once per domain. Basically, I keep 1st and 3rd-party scripts off completely most of the time. It’s relatively rare that I absolutely need to enable 1st party scripts on a page for it to load.

      It’s kind of like uBlock + noscript learning mode. The element zapper is clutch as well, but that’s not unique to medium mode or anything.

    • @CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      DNS level ad blocks have been a huge game changer for me. When I play games at home, no ads. Then when I go out and play those games, I forget that they have ads.

      • RejZoR
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        For me setting up Android phone without it. Installed some app and got bombarded by all the ads and shit. Something I just don’t even know on mine.

    • @Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      Windscribe was important because every bit of bandwidth saved mattered. Less so with 2.5gb fiber connections to home.

      • RejZoR
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        I actually didn’t care so much about bandwidth back then even though 56K modem was ass. It was the ad banners that drew me nuts. Especially since that was the era of flashing and blinking GIF and Adobe Flash banners. I got 1Mbit ADSL a bit later and that’s when it was even less important since bandwidth was unlimited. Banners were still there tho and were just as annoying.

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    #2/9/14

    you forgot that you need to select more options, scroll down, read every box carefully to make sure on doesnt mean off and off doesnt mean on, make sure you dont hit the button that ignores your choices and turns everything on anyways…

    i fucking hate what this has turned into.

    • @daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I just ublock every cookie screen and navigate in incognito mode so cookies publicity cooki s will have zero chances of actually getting read.

      Not as it really matters. As most of my advertisement profile doesn’t come from some random site cookies but from phone espionage.

  • @dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee
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    We have driver’s licence as an app in norway. I was on my way into a pub where I was asked by a bouncer to show ID. I forgot my physical wallet with physical ID, so the dance started:

    • Unlock phone.
    • Find app.
    • App requires national login. Enter personal number (Norwegian SSN)
    • National login has 2FA via another app. Open that to confirm.
    • National login requires password. My password is in a password manager, so I open that.
    • Password manager requires password.
    • and 2FA.
    • Acquire password and scramble back to the app that required password for national log on.
    • Complete login so I can show that I am 33 years old, which is over the required age of 18.

    In reality, the bouncer just gave up on me at around step 5 and let me in.

    • @LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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      There are just things that should be physical things.

      IDs and fucking buttons in cars please. Holy fuck please can we not do the IPAD thing in cars. Please God.

        • @Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          I have yet to encounter an electric stove that doesn’t loop to full power when you press “-” when it’s at its lowest setting

          • hownowbrowncow
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            Mine doesn’t. But it will go straight to full power with ‘power on’ then ‘+’ (rather than ‘power on’ then ‘-’). A single ‘power on’ press doesn’t actually turn the burner on, which I always thought was weird. But the alternative of having to go through power levels sounds worse, so I guess I get it

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      Yesterday, I was on the train and the lady checking the tickets at first walked past me without checking mine. After more people had gotten on, she made her route back down the train, when she asked me, if she had checked mine – hmm, she must’ve checked mine – so, she was already about to walk on and out of reflex, I said that she had actually skipped me before.

      Felt a bit silly to then get out my ticket and show it to her, since I clearly wouldn’t have told her to ckeck me, if I didn’t have a valid ticket. Kind of same energy as with your bouncer, like you wouldn’t have all this stuff on your phone and spend the time trying to get into it, if it won’t lead to anything.

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      Either he was being a dick (fairly likely all bounces are) or you have a really good moisturizing regimen because there’s no way that a 33-year-old would look like they’re under 18.

    • @Tja@programming.dev
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      That sounds like a 60 second thing at most. None of it is worse than having to drive back home for your wallet.

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        In Norway, it has been a long tradition to do as many drinks as possible at home before heading to the bars, due to steep prices in bars. So I was pretty “beautiful” at that point, which does not help with running passwords and 2FAs

  • @grandma@sh.itjust.works
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    1. cloudflare decides it doesnt like your user agent or IP or any of a myriad of other factors and denies you access completely, order has been cancelled
  • @Opisek@lemmy.world
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    Cookie dismisser extension, bitwarden for passwords and 2FA codes, uBlock origin for annoying popups that can’t be removed with DNS blocker directly.

    There are ways to reduce the pain somewhat, but they shouldn’t be necessary in first place.

    (Well, hoomans and passwords are an issue that can’t be solved easily, but the push for passkeys has been a nice nudge in a more secure and more usable alternative.)

    • M.int
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      You don’t need an extra extension for the cookie notices. Just use uBlock Original for that:
      Under Filter lists enable “Cookie notices”

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          It varies: Mostly it just removes the html of the banner from website. For some more annoying websites for example YouTube it clicks decline.

    • @dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee
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      I like to tell people that using uBlock origin means the computer doesn’t have to render images and text in adds, so it is actually more environmentally friendly to have it installed than running the browser raw.

      It’s a thin argument, but I’m happy to see that some people have jumped on because of it.

    • DrewOP
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      Consent-o-matic is a life-saver

    • @LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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      What browser are you using? Chrome pushed it’s new extension requirements and killed ublock. Firefox just dropped a bomb about selling personal info I think.

      • @Opisek@lemmy.world
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        Firefox, naturally. The personal info stuff is still unfolding and being clarified. Will switch to Librefox or Waterfox if stuff gets bad.

    • @peripheralneuropathy@lemmy.world
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      Lifehack: Use the audio prompt and just put in ANY similar number of random words you hear. It fuzzes AI training data at same time. Works every time.

    • @ameancow@lemmy.world
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      Me just trying to fucking pay a utility bill:

      “Honey, could you come in here and tell me if this looks like the edge of crosswalk just visible behind that car? I have one chance left and can’t mess this up!”

    • @VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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      Oh my. This was my yesterday trying to sign up on Meetup.

      First it was click crosswalks. Then stairs. Then motorcycles. Then the sign up failed. 5 minutes of my life so I can RSVP some stupid ass event.

      What a shit experience.

  • @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    Don’t worry. Soon you’ll be able to subscribe to a service where an AI will just order products you don’t actually want for you.

  • TJA!
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    Alternative to 7 they have this stupid magic email login where you cannot set a password but have to go to your mails everyone you need to login

    • @Bieren@lemmy.world
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      I had one the other day, choose to login with password or the magic email link. I know my password, let me in fucker. Oh no, you still have to go to your email and click on some link to verify it’s really you.

  • Lord Wiggle
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    I remember back in the day we had a popup blocker. Now we are bombarded by popups, but inside the website instead of new windows. The most annoying part is the times delay on them. When the page is loaded, you want to click on a link, but a fraction of a second before you click a promotion pops up and you click on that. Or the Google ads when searching. Click result… Oh no, the ads loaded in, I clicked on an ad instead. Fuck you.

    The amount of effort you need to put in to get the info you want. So annoying! They try so hard to keep you on their website as well. When I want to know a shortcut in excel:

    • search for the shortcut
    • missclick an ad
    • try again
    • find page with info
    • close cookies
    • close promotion
    • need to login for info, go back to Google and try again
    • close cookies
    • close promotion
    • start reading…
    • info about what excel is used for
    • history of excel
    • story about the many shortcuts excel has
    • close popup for newsletter
    • story about different key on keaybord for windows and Apple
    • story about why you would need this action you’re searching for
    • buildup to explanation what the actual shortcut is
    • close promotion
    • close another newsletter pupup
    • finally the shortcut you’re searching for. FFS
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        PSA. It’s disabled on Chrome now. Switch to Firefox (still looking for a better alternative myself with recent FF news though.)

        It’s something I’ve been putting off. But chrome is unusable now. So many ads. I’m sure there is a workaround but just like leaving reddit it’s a good time for me to find a chrome alternative.

      • Lord Wiggle
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        I have a Pi Hole, Proton vpn with ad blocking and Vivaldi browser with ad blocking built in, but that’s not enough apparently

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      Oh I know, I’ll skip all of this trouble and just ask AI instead!

      • The AI hallucinates and gives you a shortcut that doesn’t actually exist
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      I remember back in the day we had a popup blocker

      Wait what happened to pop up blockers in your mind?

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        Those were for new windows popping up. Not built-in newsletter or promotion popups AFAIK.

    • @RamenJunkie@midwest.social
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      Yeah that shits annoying. If you have something you need my location for, I will give you my zip code and pick from “nearby” on a map myself.