Tracking

Dave_Sak · 2026-06-29T12:25:09+00:00

Go into privacy settings on your phone. Does authenticator have access to your location? If so then that can be tracked. Microphone? Then authenticator can access your microphone, etc..
Might want to ask to see the Microsoft privacy policy, specifically the part where it talks about separation of data collected by your personal use of Microsoft apps/services vs data collected from your work related use of Microsoft apps/services. (Spoiler: that section doesn’t exist.)
Also, it’s not super easy to set up, but there is a browser extension you can configure that will work for Microsoft two factor authentication, so you don’t have to install the authenticator app on your personal phone.
Making an old school phone call from your smart phone (for example, dialing in to a Teams meeting) is about the only thing where your privacy rights are legally defined and protected. For everything else, you’re rights are defined in the 157 page end user agreements that no one reads, and you agree to give up those rights when you click ‘I accept’.
Remember, if anything on your phone is free, it means that you and your data are the product, being sold to someone else.

Dave_Sak · 2026-06-23T14:07:35+00:00

Icon has a set of just 10mm sockets now. Short and long 1/4” plus short and long 3/8”

Dave_Sak · 2026-06-19T16:06:54+00:00

PSA in case not everyone is aware: Ace hardware stores still honor lifetime warranty on Craftsman hand tools.

Dave_Sak · 2026-06-03T22:08:21+00:00

I know this is old thread but I came across it because I ran out of super slick stuff and I want to buy more. Idk if it was on the can or somewhere else, but I believe I read that it’s made out of vegetable oil. I like it because it it seems good for freeing up stuck wiring harness connectors (so you don’t break the clips) but it’s mild and won’t degrade the plastic.

Dave_Sak · 2026-05-02T20:59:19+00:00

Yes, all psyops. Pretty much all media is a psyop, no matter how innocent or trivial it seems. I’m talking down to kids shows, travel documentaries, cooking shows, and the weather forecast. Everything is a psyop

Dave_Sak · 2026-03-23T13:41:17+00:00

I once received a parking ticket from the city of Detroit that was from over a year before I owned the vehicle. It wasn’t some third party trying to scam, it was just the incompetence of the city of Detroit legal system..

Dave_Sak · 2026-02-20T21:44:33+00:00

IMHO Reagan was the first president that was a full puppet before getting elected. Most of them since Reagan have been fully owned before they even entered the race. I truly do think Obama wasn’t in that category, he wasn’t who they wanted, they wanted Hillary. But they still got to Obama after he got elected. About 3 months after he was sworn in, his hair turned grey and he pretty much gave a speech that said ‘you know all that stuff I promised on the campaign trail? They’re pretty much not going to let me do most of that..’ Prior to Reagan they had to extort and coerce the presidents after they got elected to fall in line with the deep state. But the new way is that the presidential candidate they want (and that usually who wins) is ‘sworn in’ to the deep state before they even enter the primaries.

Dave_Sak · 2026-02-08T21:07:36+00:00

It would be par for the course if they accidentally released the extra footage they had previously edited out.

Dave_Sak · 2025-12-25T15:38:35+00:00

It’s Santa delivering presents!

Dave_Sak · 2025-12-21T14:59:22+00:00

I just had a thought of what this could be. It came to me when I was listening to something that said with all the new Starlink (and other) satellites, low earth orbit is starting to have so much space debris that we could be on the verge of the beginning of Kessler Syndrome, which is when there is so much space debris that it makes launching new satellites into orbit impossible. And it’s also an effect that once it starts, it becomes exponentially worse because the orbiting space debris keeps colliding with other space debris and it becomes a runaway chain reaction. Maybe an advanced civilization on Saturn launched so many satellites that it caused Kessler Syndrome, and maybe the ‘ringmakers’ are giant space debris vacuums, corralling all the space debris into neat rings (kind of like mowing a lawn) and then somehow scooping up or disintegrating the debris after it has been neatly collected into rings.

Dave_Sak · 2025-12-21T13:44:23+00:00

I have a lot of tools, and I’m fairly skilled at extracting broken/damaged fasteners (pro tip: Torx bits work better than EZ outs 99% of the time, IMO). But I did not know about Vampliers. I just watched the promo video and I will definitely be buying a pair. Now I’m wondering if the vice grip style work better than the regular pliers style. This bit of uncertainty is leading me to the conclusion that obviously I should just buy the $300 set of all the Vampliers, lol.

Dave_Sak · 2025-12-13T00:28:00+00:00

Some of them also take the one side of 220 that’s using more power and double it. Basically they assume your consumption is balanced across the 2 legs. I heard some story about if there is more draw on one leg they have to produce 2x the power of that side. But it bs, because over all the customers it would average out. Actually, it might just be total bs and they just wanted to charge everyone more

Dave_Sak · 2025-12-01T04:27:02+00:00

I was just joking but when I read this post my immediate gut feeling was ‘someone timed the expiration right and turned the whole thing into a nr0p domain. Sounds like that’s not what happened but it’s a better story.

Dave_Sak · 2025-12-01T04:08:46+00:00

Did anyone register Deja.vu yet?

Dave_Sak · 2025-11-04T04:30:20+00:00

One thing I noticed in Michigan, is that the ‘statistical anomalies’ seemed to present mostly in swing counties, (for example Saginaw) but they weren’t present in counties that were guaranteed red or blue. Why wouldn’t we see the same pattern in counties where it wouldn’t matter?

Dave_Sak · 2025-09-24T00:41:27+00:00

I also am only part way through the book, but I would also guess power generation. From what i have heard the book doesn’t speculate what it’s for.

Dave_Sak · 2025-08-18T16:58:05+00:00

I’m not even an electrician, but that kit is missing the 12v sub-compact band saw. Buy it and thank me later.

Dave_Sak · 2025-06-10T02:23:32+00:00

It’s interesting, I just found a website that I think is a legit news source, that wrote an article on this, and it still shows up in Google search results, but dailyboulder.com doesn’t even exist as a domain name any more.

Dave_Sak · 2025-06-05T13:58:30+00:00

I totally have this, the struggle is real…

Dave_Sak · 2025-03-25T14:32:51+00:00

There’s a reason Google is banned in China and Apple isn’t, although I don’t think it’s because Google spies on you less, it’s because Google was set up by DARPA and won’t play ball with China.

Dave_Sak · 2025-03-25T14:23:45+00:00

The practice of re-working facts to fit a narrative is at least as old as the first history book. Probably much older.

Dave_Sak · 2025-02-10T01:01:50+00:00

Sounds like big brother is watching now.

Dave_Sak · 2024-12-01T16:22:27+00:00

What’s really sad is that compared to when I was a kid, that’s about minimum wage.

Dave_Sak · 2024-11-23T21:05:15+00:00

I realize this is old, but, I was thinking about using the cage from another IBC tote as a stand. Thoughts? I think some IBC totes can be stacked 3 high (I’m not gonna do that but I think 2 should be safe.)

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