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@irene then you might be satisfied with engaging free cloud storage services (e.g. Google drive) to hold the (unimportant) data. Lucky you!
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@irene if a machine doesn't handle important data at all, it can be used as a por- ahem - questionable material access terminal quite safely.
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@irene Well - the problem are more or less ads of those sites (and the fact that some sites can get the phone number). Therefore adblock or using the main porn sites :P
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@irene I edited my comment. Some people don't use adblockers on their cell phones.
A sister of my ex searched for images via Google and on a specific site there was an ad. She clicked on the x to close. First of all - this specific ad / the site behind this ad gets phone numbers through a normal browser. Secondly, a contract was immediately concluded - money money money.
Of course this should be prevented automatically by the mobile phone provider on the one hand and on the other hand it should not be possible to get phone numbers via a browser without much effort.
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@irene "Contract" - I'm sorry, don't know the specific term for such things. Btw it was some years ago ^^
There are several sim card services you could use - like weather, other information etc.
I think it's something like that but I really don't know.
They can use your phone number for debiting money. It's not really a contract but ... it's like you're accepting to pay for this service without your consent. But the "consent" was clicking on the x for closing this ad :D
That it's still possible somehow is very ... strange ... hm.
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