26 August 2022
The first incarnation of this blog was under a Google property -- Blogger. I'm keeping that as an archive for the time being. In due course, I'll shed it, though. Meanwhile, there's nothing that necessitates my logging into that account except for email. I'd like the ask you all to notice that, on the index page, I've changed the default contact address for this persona: catacombrez@protonmail.com.
It's not as if I won't respond to emails to the Gmail account, but I'll try to remind you if you do send something there. Please, lets use the Proton Mail account. I'm trying to avoid Google keeping track of everything I think, do and say.
And just in case you are interested, I will tell you that whatever evil Microsoft (MS) does as a competitor for Google, they don't yet sell your information as Google does. Whatever snooping MS does apparently stays within the corporation itself. I've never once gotten spam or harassment that I could trace back to how MS handles my information, but I've gotten a lot of spam and hassles from things I've traced back to Google making my data available to third parties. So, I'm not saying MS is good, but if you have to make a choice, I believe you should favor MS.
Now, if you have a hankering to keep our communications private, I'd advise you to avoid using Google on your end, as well. You can get a free account on Proton Mail, and if you use that to contact me, it will be secure from end-to-end; it never leaves their system.
Again, contact me at the Proton Mail address from now on.
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