Does anyone have any good alternatives to Walmart, Amazon, or Target? I’m looking for a general store that sells household products and preferably isn’t owned by a billionaire or a company that adds to our surveillance state… So does anyone have any online, or physical, alternatives?
Look up “hardware store” I looked some up near me and there are a few locally owned small businesses that are pretty helpful.
Aldi has some good stuff for food. Not sure specifically what you need.
For Amazon, I use eBay a ton and find most electronics and other random items from there.
Remember, kids. Use Port Authority extension to block eBay’s use odd LexisNexis port scanning tool so they can’t analyze what’s install or running on your computer, what other tabs are open, etc. It’s a “security tool” but we all know it’s data mining and invasive AF.
I quit eBay roughly 2 years ago bc of this.
That’s some crazy shit wtfff
Wait until you discover audible barcodes used specifically for advertising at retailers and food chains.
No location data? No WiFi scanning? No BT signatures? No app running on the background? No problem.
Your phone picks up the audio signal through mics and phones home letting a company know a device connected where and when. Through data acquired through data brokers, can link your info to other to continue building data profiles on people in fine detail.
I’d like to learn more about this. I feel like the vpn I use that blocks trackers and ads can prevent this and additionally I feel graphene is hardened and sandboxed to not have this happen. Feels like a permission issue if you download like Target or Walmart on your phone
God dammit I’m tired