Comments on: Verizon Asks Customers to Opt-In for Personal Info Snatching, Will Compensate With Coupon

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:45:00 +0000

I guess you are right; I went to the sight and made sure I was opted-out of everything. What Droid Life brought to the table was the link so I could go read and understand what the cold, cruel RED monster was doing to us!

By: SpiderGoo

SpiderGoo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:39:00 +0000

Well then you already opted-out previously, or you need to stop huffing glue and watching reality tv before you post, because you are in fact opted-in to Verizon Selects, unless you go and change this setting. I unlike you, actually took the time to read and select the appropriate settings to opt-out of this new garbage, but if people want to believe your tales of idiocy, then so be it.

By: SpiderGoo

SpiderGoo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:34:00 +0000

Don’t you mean “Thanks for the misinfo!!!”? I assume that is what you meant considering they lied when they claimed that you are not automatically opted-in, unless you sign up for this, because you in fact, are.

By: SpiderGoo

SpiderGoo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:31:00 +0000

Yes, but that is in contrast to those of us who won’t sell our souls for a cookie. Despite what you see on this site daily, and in the world, not everyone can be bought.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:31:00 +0000

Knowing Verizon, a $5 coupon off your next bill that expires the day after you receive it. You get 1 coupon, they get paid millions every month for selling your onfo,you get a p o s coupon,seems fair

By: SpiderGoo

SpiderGoo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Verizon might not send Droid Life their paychecks as quickly, if they, you know, actually tell the truth and defy their master’s. Integrity, transparency, these are foriegn concepts here, unless you live to brown nose Kleenex and his jolly band of sycophants.

By: SpiderGoo

SpiderGoo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:22:00 +0000

Exactly, harvesting private information like medical records, off of unencrypted wifi signals, while Google was roaming around in their Street View cars, come to mind anyone. While I love Android, I still despise Google for habitually not giving a crap about user privacy and security in the slightest. And even when they are eventually caught and ousted, they might pay a teeny weeny itty bitty fine, that amounts to a drop in a bucket to them, or persuade some judge to look the other way. Never, and I mean never, believe that Google is some innocent company that cares more about user privacy over the almighty dollar, and make sure to laugh out loud when you see their original motto of “Do No Evil”, or “Don’t Be Evil”, which ever it was, they are both fairy tales for the naive and the moronic.

By: SpiderGoo

SpiderGoo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:04:00 +0000

Unlike the lie that is knowingly told by Droid Life, you actually are automatically signed up for this, unless you go to the Verizon Selects page, and you select “Yes” I want to opt-out of this data-mining bullsh!t. Droid Life being super shady again, at the request of their masters Verizion, again.

Once you log in, you will see the main privacy page, and make sure you have already opted out of all of that trash. But the very bottom of that page, it mentions Verizon Selects, make sure to click the link that says “Learn More”, or something akin to that. Then on the Verizon Selects page, if you don’t want to be involved in this shady garbage, make sure you click YES. Like I said, “Yes” means that YES you want to opt-out. They no doubt chose to frame the questions and answers that way, because they know some people will think that if they are opting out of something, that they would say “No”, don’t track me. Of course, if you just read what is posted there, you will see that selecting “No” means you will have them tracking your every move, but well, some folks are impetuous. So don’t believe Shady Life here, you are in fact automatically opted-in unless you change this setting, because when I first went to the page, it was set as “No”.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:31:00 +0000

Thanks for the info!!!

By: Wes Campbell

Wes Campbell — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:03:00 +0000

same here bro.

By: iceburgh

iceburgh — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:39:00 +0000

There is at the bottom of the page that says click here for more information on Verizon Selects, on the main page everything was set for not to share my information, but behold Verizon Selects has me as No to Block.

So you should update the post saying you are signed up, and must click block.

By: Mallahet

Mallahet — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:22:00 +0000

Can you opt in and use the coupon to go buy a Nexus 4?

By: John Conner

John Conner — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:22:00 +0000

When I checked our company account, all our cellphones were opted-in apparently by default. Fixed that!

By: epps720

epps720 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:07:00 +0000

I have no interest of opting into this but does anyone know what the coupon is? Just curious to see what price tag they put on our data.

By: John Malin

John Malin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:56:00 +0000

“It’s important to remember that Verizon DOES NOT share information that identifies customers personally outside of Verizon.”

And then…

“prepare to receive special offers in forms of texts, emails, postal mail, online ads, and mobile ads.”

How can I get those from retailers if it is anonymous?