Issue #2 —Wednesday, April 18, 2018
OATH: 451 "Marketing Partners" in a Plot to Steal Your Life!
The above notice appeared on my computer screen in mid-April.
Note: Only 3 reply options
"Scroll to continue..." “I Accept…” “I’ll do this later…”
Nowhere to be found
"OMG! Get Outta My Life!"
"OMG! Get Outta My Life!"
Ernest Hemingway wrote:
“The most essential gift
for a good writer
is a built-in,
shock-proof, shit-detector.”
The red flag of my detector instantly waved furiously.
Ain’t
no way to avoid being sucked into Verizon's Oath.
Oath
noun, plural oaths
[ohth z, ohths] (Show IPA)
1.a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person
or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth,
to keep a promise, etc.: to testify upon oath.
—Dictonary.com
or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth,
to keep a promise, etc.: to testify upon oath.
—Dictonary.com
Verizon's OATH
is a consortium of 451 "marketing partners" engaged in massive snoop operations to steal every scintilla of data about you, your
family, your children, friends, business associates, enemies, even your pets.
Up
for grabs: your most intimate secrets, correspondence, searches, downloads, purchases,
trysts, travels, travails and browsing.
Any and all Internet intercourse by and about you is captured and spread.
Your ever-expanding Oath dossier contains thousands of pages in myriad “clouds” available to anybody on the planet with cash.
Any and all Internet intercourse by and about you is captured and spread.
Your ever-expanding Oath dossier contains thousands of pages in myriad “clouds” available to anybody on the planet with cash.
• Ads are more effective when they are shown to people who
are likely to be interested in the product or service advertised.
• Ads we select may be based on information we have collected or received about activities and interests on websites and apps used
on your device and other associated devices.
• We also select ads to show you based on other information
you provide or that we collect from other sources, such as your gender, age or
location, searches you conduct, or what your friends or contacts recommend to
you, apps on the device, or based on your other interests.
• We may use data that is available from public or
commercial sources and combine it with other data we have collected or received
about a user or the user’s device for these purposes
• If a user appears interested in non-sensitive,
health-related topics (such as by visiting pages related to such a topic) an ad
relevant to those interests may be displayed.
P.S. Compared to the 451 corporate co-conspirators below, Mark Zuckerberg is a Vienna Choir Boy.
P.S. Compared to the 451 corporate co-conspirators below, Mark Zuckerberg is a Vienna Choir Boy.
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I recognize or called to my attention —DH
You Are Invited
to Join the Discussion!
Well, here's a thought. If you can't beat 'em, mislead 'em. Regularly visit sites in which you'd otherwise have no interest, and which have no relationship to what you buy. For starters, www.verizonsuckass.com, followed by the story on Verizon's infamous data breech, during which upwards of 1.5 million customers records were stolen. http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-enterprise-breach-2016-3. Then visit the ultra-orthodox Chasidic wJewish Chabad website, https://www.chabad.org. Follow that with a trip to Hinduwebsite.com, after which you might want to visit the pathetic remnant of the Communist Party CPUSA.com, with a quick trip next to www.teapartypatriots.org.
ReplyDeleteAnd so on. I don't know what this will do to their algorithm, but I enjoy the fantasy of microchips catching fire.
Yours crankily,
The New York Crank
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DeleteOh, Crank. . . Thank you for taking the time to write such a long, thoughtful, information-packed and witty comment. You accomplished it in just 113 words. Bravo! Alas, the idea of visiting websites I have no interest in just to junk up the system is a non-starter for me at age 82. But in the immortal words of Dean Martin, “Keep those cards and letters coming!” Cheers.
ReplyDeleteSlight mis-spelling above. It's VerizonSucksAss.com
ReplyDeleteAnother thought-provoking article by Denny Hatch. Thanks Denny.
Always great to hear from you, Will. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for lifting the rock, Denny. This was news to me, and of interest to my readers. Re-posted here... https://spybusters.blogspot.com/2018/04/denny-hatch-is-pissed-at-451-privacy.html
ReplyDeleteHey, Kevin, Thank you, thank you for your encouraging words and for reposting. I stumbled onto this story, thanks to the nitwits at Yahoo!/Verizon/et al. who dropped an enormous turd in the middle of my computer screen and did not let me erase it until I started following the trail of stinky bread crumbs. IMO this is a H-U-G-E problem—451 corporate co-conspirators in a massive theft-of-information-and-selling-it-for-cash scheme. Next to these douchebags, Mark Zuckerberg looks like a Vienna Choir Boy. Thanks again for helping take this ghastly story public. Cheers! —DH
DeleteFrom long-time direct marketing colleague Fred Lederman who could not figure out how to use this Comment Section.
ReplyDelete“Of course you can post my letter and contact information. I'd enjoy conversing with those folks who believe that unapproved tracking of consumer preferences, transactions and clicks are property of the advertiser or medium. Kinda like my phone number being used by marketers who contact me for unsolicited advertising offers. Worse, they are so slimey they create fictitious "call from" phone numbers so that I will answer their call. Why is professional marketing deteriorating to such a low level? To get customers? Shame on them.”
FRED LEDERMAN’S E-MAIL IN RESPONSE TO THIS POST
Yes Denny, the implications of Verizon's Oath caused me to utter a few (expletives deleted) oaths about the unmitigated audacity and gall of the "marketing empty suits" at Verizon and their 451 partners in theft. As a consultant, I reviewed a list of these partners and, lo and behold, 23 of them do work for some of my clients. So far I've only written to ten of my clients to let them know what their partners are doing. My message went out to the CMO, CIO and CEO or President of each company. I received a 60% response rate all indicating that they are taking action. What kind of action? A few of these Verizon partners signed NDAs with some of my clients and were notified to drop out of the Verizon program or they might have their business relationship canceled for cause. One indicated that they will no longer reimburse employees' cell phone expenses if they were with Verizon. Now that is an oath I can believe in. Keep up the good fight. We need more people like you shining a light on the dark areas of our industry. Cheers, Fred
Fred B. Lederman
President,
Tourbillon Ventures, LLC
59 Golden Scroll Circle,
The Woodlands, TX. 77382-5396
Direct Line (281) 960-7894