fake "news"
Sun Jul 23 13:46:16 EDT 2017
In my inbox today:Lead Singer Of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, Commits Suicide At The Age Of 41
I have never heard of Chester Bennington, and I've never seen
"Linkin Park" spelled that way before. Why should this be in my mailbox?You are receiving this email because of your relationship with StuffLoads.
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I have never heard of StuffLoads, and there is no justifiable reason they should think I have any "relationship" with them. I have never been to their website. I did not subscribe.
It's not fake news in the sense of being untrue; it's fake in the sense of not being news - information that merits my attention and increases my understanding of the world.
And then there's Google, now "protecting" my security:New sign-in from Firefox on Linux
You received this message because *********@comcast.net is listed as the recovery email for ********@gmail.com.
Hi syntonic,
Your Google Account ********@gmail.com was just used to sign in from Firefox on Linux.
Linux
Sunday, July 23, 2017 3:05 AM (ET)
Arlington, VA, USA*
Firefox
Don't recognize this activity?
Review your recently used devices now.
Why are we sending this? We take security very seriously and we want to keep you in the loop on important actions in your account.
We were unable to determine whether you have used this browser or device with your account before. This can happen when you sign in for the first time on a new computer, phone or browser, when you use your browser's incognito or private browsing mode or clear your cookies, or when somebody else is accessing your account.
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*The location is approximate and determined by the IP address it was coming from.
Well, folks, I'm not cool about how Google is tracking as much as it can of what we do online, so I delete all of Google's cookies after I use GMail or Google search. So they always see new cookies, and I get these security check-in emails every time I check my GMail accounts. ☹ My IP at home changes occasionally too. Linux updates also change the kernel version, which also makes GMail think it's a different device. (Why should GMail know my kernel version?) And I might still use either of my previous two laptops (or my work laptop) to check GMail, so that's more different devices (which share the same changeable IP and also get updates).
Thanks for trying, Google, but sending emails (to multiple accounts) every time I check GMail quickly becomes more noise than help. On the plus side, I check GMail infrequently enough that I would notice receiving these emails when I had not checked GMail.13
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In my inbox today:Lead Singer Of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, Commits Suicide At The Age Of 41
I have never heard of Chester Bennington, and I've never seen
"Linkin Park" spelled that way before. Why should this be in my mailbox?You are receiving this email because of your relationship with StuffLoads.
Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us.
If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.
I have never heard of StuffLoads, and there is no justifiable reason they should think I have any "relationship" with them. I have never been to their website. I did not subscribe.
It's not fake news in the sense of being untrue; it's fake in the sense of not being news - information that merits my attention and increases my understanding of the world.
And then there's Google, now "protecting" my security:New sign-in from Firefox on Linux
You received this message because *********@comcast.net is listed as the recovery email for ********@gmail.com.
Hi syntonic,
Your Google Account ********@gmail.com was just used to sign in from Firefox on Linux.
Linux
Sunday, July 23, 2017 3:05 AM (ET)
Arlington, VA, USA*
Firefox
Don't recognize this activity?
Review your recently used devices now.
Why are we sending this? We take security very seriously and we want to keep you in the loop on important actions in your account.
We were unable to determine whether you have used this browser or device with your account before. This can happen when you sign in for the first time on a new computer, phone or browser, when you use your browser's incognito or private browsing mode or clear your cookies, or when somebody else is accessing your account.
The Google Accounts team
*The location is approximate and determined by the IP address it was coming from.
Well, folks, I'm not cool about how Google is tracking as much as it can of what we do online, so I delete all of Google's cookies after I use GMail or Google search. So they always see new cookies, and I get these security check-in emails every time I check my GMail accounts. ☹ My IP at home changes occasionally too. Linux updates also change the kernel version, which also makes GMail think it's a different device. (Why should GMail know my kernel version?) And I might still use either of my previous two laptops (or my work laptop) to check GMail, so that's more different devices (which share the same changeable IP and also get updates).
Thanks for trying, Google, but sending emails (to multiple accounts) every time I check GMail quickly becomes more noise than help. On the plus side, I check GMail infrequently enough that I would notice receiving these emails when I had not checked GMail.13
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/907365.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]