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Data, Traveling

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Data, Traveling Should I have Data for Google Maps when traveling (Canada to Europe), or just public WiFi? I’m only worried about Data to get around correctly, not entertainment. I will have to ask phone provider about Foreign plans I guess, and I read buy an SIM Card from the Country traveling, but what is that for? Any info in appreciated. Thxxx submitte…

Reddit Travel 1.2k 2024-05-31

What to do for data in Tanzania

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What to do for data in Tanzania I am visiting Tanzania in a week and I am wondering what to do in terms of data. I am not too concerned with calls/texts. The accommodation I am staying at doesn’t offer WiFi. I would go for eSim but my phone doesn’t have it. I have researched prepaid sim cards online such as vodacom but there is no place to order the actual sim. My network’s ro…

Reddit Travel 659 2024-05-28

Venmo, Plaid: not about safety, but that data sharing?!?!

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Venmo, Plaid: not about safety, but that data sharing?!?! I’ve seen tons of posts about whether it’s “safe” to share login creds with Plaid, that’s not my question. I was trying to reactivate my Venmo account and it asked me to connect to my bank with Plaid using an oauth type thing and that’s fine for security. But then it said it was going to share my bank account *information* with Plaid, and when I…

Reddit Personal Finance 965 2024-05-26

LPT: When you run out of high speed cell data use a vpn

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LPT: When you run out of high speed cell data use a vpn When fast data is available, it’s slower to use a VPN. When data is slow, it can be faster to use a VPN with Ad blocking as latency is no longer an issue, but actual data transfer is. Today I “saved” 15mb in a couple hours. Which is many many many minutes of waiting. submitted by /u/spamlorde

Life Pro Tips 941 2024-05-15

Report: TikTok’s efforts to silo US data are ‘largely cosmetic’

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Report: TikTok’s efforts to silo US data are ‘largely cosmetic’ Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeSince 2022, TikTok has undertaken a massive, expensive effort to silo off its US operations — and American users’ data — from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. TikTok has described the corporate restructuring, which it dubbed Project Texas, as “an unprecedented initiative dedicated to making every Ame…

The Verge 766 2024-05-08

The CFPB wants to rein in data brokers

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The CFPB wants to rein in data brokers Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty ImagesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to propose new regulations that would require data brokers to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. In a speech at the White House earlier this month, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said the agency is looking into policies to “ensur…

The Verge 702 2024-05-04