How paranoid should I be? i have a bandaid over the camera and mic of my lap top. Is this crazy?

   / How paranoid should I be? i have a bandaid over the camera and mic of my lap top. Is this crazy? #141  
No bloody way am I going to install their spyware apps. And I have no problem telling them I won't be doing business with them because I need an app for discounts, etc.

Not sure how I'd deal with having alligator symptoms though. 🦎😁
 
   / How paranoid should I be? i have a bandaid over the camera and mic of my lap top. Is this crazy? #142  
I can't even get in to see my Dr without a cell phone. I have to call from the parking lot and somebody will come out to get me. The worst part is that my call goes to their general switchboard, so I have to listen to them telling me how important my call is.
Had a dr. appointment at the height of the covid paranoia and was supposed to do that. Door was locked. I just knocked and told the person who answered that I didn't have a cellphone. No hassle.
 
   / How paranoid should I be? i have a bandaid over the camera and mic of my lap top. Is this crazy? #143  
IThe bar code on the can can identify want store it was purchased, what register is was rang up on and what time it was sold and lo and behold you are on camera in the store at that register at that time buying the soup.
Bar codes are just a means to make numbers machine readable.

There are other systems, like the numbers on the bottoms of checks, for example, that allow machines to read numbers.

UPC codes, the bar-code you refer to, only have 12 digits that denote manufacturer and item number.

Any location information is derived from where the scan took place. There is no geographic info in a UPC.

Same for when it was sold, or to whom. That information is derived from the point-of-sale (POS).

Any information linking a purchaser to an item is done, for example, by the POS system - via you loyalty number (like store loyalty card) or credit information if that info is supplied by the purchasing card used.

There is no serial number differentiating one can of peas, from the one next to it.

There are other implementations of the same concept - EAN and JPN - for other locations.

There are uses of barcodes for serial numbers and lot information, etc. that also use a similar UPC looking format, but those don’t scan in typical POS transactions, except in specialty situations.
 
   / How paranoid should I be? i have a bandaid over the camera and mic of my lap top. Is this crazy? #144  
Do those automatic flush thingies take pictures of your undercarriage?
 

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