FACEBOOK WARNING

[MountainGirl]

That can be controlled on a Facebook page. I have a FB presence for my forging activities and I'm the only one who can post there. There are groups on FB that allow members to post, but lock down interaction from non-members. It's not quite the wild, wild west.

Right, all that is on the end-user side (You).
My reference is to the back-end FB ability to alter, and they do.

 

[General Zod]

Right, all that is on the end-user side (You).
My reference is to the back-end FB ability to alter, and they do.

Worst part I've experienced with them is their stupid automated content moderation. Had a friend asking about single shot .410 shotguns. I recommended one to him and linked to an Academy sale ad...and got a warning for "selling firearms" - bacause apparently it thinks my name is Academy Sports and Outdoors.

 

[MountainGirl]

Worst part I've experienced with them is their stupid automated content moderation. Had a friend asking about single shot .410 shotguns. I recommended one to him and linked to an Academy sale ad...and got a warning for "selling firearms" - bacause apparently it thinks my name is Academy Sports and Outdoors.

I left them 5-6? yrs ago, when their message side refused to send a pm to a friend that had a link to a conservative site, with FB's explanation being it was "against community standards". Pffft.

 

[General Zod]

I left them 5-6? yrs ago, when their message side refused to send a pm to a friend that had a link to a conservative site, with FB's explanation being it was "against community standards". Pffft.

Wow, I've never run into the censorship that deep there. And a LOT of my friends there are extremely non-socialist.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

MG,

I've totally given up on any kind of phone...don't even carry a an old 'flip phone' any longer.

 

[benenglish]

I don't advise anyone use FB as their interface for Texas Gun Talk. The site has only a placeholder presence there but it's not the primary way the site is intended to be interacted with.

If the owner decides to change that, he could. For now, though, nobody should treat TGT as "a place on FB"; in practical terms, it isn't.

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

I'm just curious what TGT event the cover photo was taken at because apparently, I missed a good time.

 

[MountainGirl]

MG,

I've totally given up on any kind of phone...don't even carry a an old 'flip phone' any longer.

Me either! Did just fine for 60yrs without that umbilical attachment.

 

[benenglish]

I'm just curious what TGT event the cover photo was taken at because apparently, I missed a good time.

Looks like one of the old Hicksville shoots from 10+ years ago. Those were fun.

 

[striker55]

Looks like one of the old Hicksville shoots from 10+ years ago. Those were fun.

There is a Hicksville on LI NY

 

[leVieux]

Me either! Did just fine for 60yrs without that umbilical attachment.

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I want the safety & convenience but not the tracking & info mining/sharing.

Who uses a “Faraday Cage” to block unwanted access to phone?

(RF blocking phone case)

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[MountainGirl]

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I want the safety & convenience but not the tracking & info mining/sharing.

Who uses a “Faraday Cage” to block unwanted access to phone?

(RF blocking phone case)

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RF blocking can stop the guy behind you in line at the checkout - but it does nothing to your cell signal, through which tracking occurs. If the case stopped 'everything' - your phone would never ring.

 

[Whistler]

It'd be damn inconvenient to tote around a Faraday cage...

 

[leVieux]

It'd be damn inconvenient to tote around a Faraday cage...

I believe that they are building them into phone cases & wallets now.

We have giant ones for our MRI rooms. They do block all radio waves.

A retired Judge Friend buys the ancient re-furbished “flip” phones, he says that when they are OFF, they are completely OFF.

 

[MountainGirl]

A retired Judge Friend buys the ancient re-furbished “flip” phones, he says that when they are OFF, they are completely OFF.

He's right... except for the fact they can be remotely turned on with it, the microphone and the camera active in a steath configuration. Ask me how I know.

 

[Shady]

why do you think the removable battery went bye bye.

No hiding from data miners.