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What's something that's scammy but only in ways you've connected the dots on? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fall and Winter are typically the season for this, but I've noticed more people than usual have taken up interest in what amount to gyms. These very, very expensive gyms, which market themselves as almost exceptional in how they can help you regain yourself. All the while these "miracle body regimes" are advertised everywhere. Suspicious industry much?

Some neighbors of mine were headed there. I remember this because they were about to get into their vehicle, and I asked "the location is right around the corner, you don't want to walk and maybe save transport money" and they responded "no, we're old, we can't do that" before they rode there and gained entry so they can run on the machine, and returned having used their whole wallet due to the journey/destination. Though not as memorable as the fact they came back with a brand of potato chips with the same name as the place they went to. Nothing like feeding into what you're there to fix.

How about you though?

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

How about you though?

For many around here the issue will seem perfectly obvious, but I'm worried when I see how often many 'normal' people consider this a non-issue at all, quite the contrary.

I am talking about the destruction of any notion of privacy in the name of always more 'security' and 'convenience'.

edit: added a missing word.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I can't tell you how many times I've gotten scrutinized whenever I've pointed out to some other people, about how abused the word 'security' has gotten in the tech world. If people not in the know, so much see the word 'security' and are promised to be secure, they'll happily sign away everything for it.

When the word itself is artificial in that scenario. Why does Google need my street address for "security" of my account when 2FA is a thing and strengthening your password is another? There's nothing secure about prying me for sensitive information than it would be if you've performed regular scans or something that ensured my account is secure and not hacked into.

I am annoyed everytime I want to make a transfer on my bank dashboard from account to account. They give me "one-time" codes all the time to do simple actions and they do that for "security purposes".

No, I disagree, it's to nag me to fucking death.