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Possible Dangerous Christmas Lights. A Warning From Which.

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Many tested Christmas lights failed safety tests. Dangerous lights exist according to Which.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/dec/16/christmas-tree-lights-fire-hazard-which


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    More on the dangerous lights' situation. We don't want to illuminate our Christmas tree like this.....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95g7z73vG-k


    Z.
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    Well if Boris would have stated that he would ban Ebay (Along with Amazon, Facebook and the like) then he woulda got my vote. Luck.y for him he did not need it.

    Now we are where we are. Good help us
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    Mornin' ebee,

                          yes, it is possible to buy lots of sub-standard stuff online, and we need to be aware of the potential dangers. Cheap can indicate less than good. I personally do not use Facebook etc. I prefer my privacy. Recently my internet provider is insisting on  invasion of my computer by "cookies" to get continued use. I have rejected the offer of invasive cookies. Just where will it all end? The sites that have a big box appearing over the page content saying "WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY" then insist on us allowing their spying "cookies" is an insult as well as being an oxymoron. I reject the offers.


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    Recently my internet provider is insisting on  invasion of my computer by "cookies"



    There's nothing recent about cookies - they've been there for donkey's years - what's changed recently is that web sites are now obliged to tell you they're using them so you have a fair chance of avoiding or getting rid of them if you want - all down to a bit of EU legislation.


      - Andy.
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    So my packet of chocolate chip cookies is spying on me? Better get them eaten up quick!! Seriously tho I had an app tried to upload on my tablet the other day said it wanted acces to my fone book and call history so I declined it thing was its only a game so WHY they need to know all that?
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    Kelly Marie:

    So my packet of chocolate chip cookies is spying on me? Better get them eaten up quick!! Seriously tho I had an app tried to upload on my tablet the other day said it wanted acces to my fone book and call history so I declined it thing was its only a game so WHY they need to know all that?




     

    Why do they need to know it?  So they can sell on the information to other people, mostly to target advertising to you (and your friends).  That's how so much on the internet is funded these days.


    There's an old saying: if you're not paying, then you're not the customer, you're the product.
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    Simon Barker:


    Why do they need to know it?  So they can sell on the information to other people, mostly to target advertising to you (and your friends).  That's how so much on the internet is funded these days.


    There's an old saying: if you're not paying, then you're not the customer, you're the product.



    Sat on a train a few months back where two of the other passengers opposite me were getting a bit flirty and had been chatting to each other for a good 1/2 hour. The guy asks the girl what she does for a living and she says that she's a 'Data Controller' "What's that?" he asks. Then she explains that she works for an organisation that captures data i.e. contact details from various places and sells them on for marketing purposes. She then goes on in great detail to say how much each piece of data is worth so a phone number is worth more than an email address etc ."So it's organisations like yours that sell my data to scammers, PPI callers and for 'I understand you've had a recent accident that wasn't your fault' nuisance marketing?

    "Well, that is one side of it " she replied

    "I think this is my stop....bye" he snapped. 


    Budding relationship short lived... ?

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    I was working with a guy the other day who when he gets the calls asking about the recent accident replies “Yes, I believe it was dreadful “ to which the response is invariably “What happened” to which he replies “I don’t know, I have amnesia”.


    That usually ends the call ?
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    Hah I like that one, Brill.


    Same as folk who try to get you to buy something extra at checkout, highly offensive, I leave my whole purchase and tell them they`ve lost a sale.

    I will not mention the guy who tried to sell me a warranty for my printer at Staples.

    Victor Meldrew is my hero.
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    AJJewsbury:




    Recently my internet provider is insisting on  invasion of my computer by "cookies"



    There's nothing recent about cookies - they've been there for donkey's years - what's changed recently is that web sites are now obliged to tell you they're using them so you have a fair chance of avoiding or getting rid of them if you want - all down to a bit of EU legislation.


      - Andy.

     




    I know that cookies have been around for a long time Andy. But now you either accept them or do not use the site. No choice really.


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