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[–] 39 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Stop making excuses. Stop buying from Amazon.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago

    Ok but literally read the article. I don't use amazon, but I have the wherewithal to understand that I'm privileged enough to afford the price hikes amazon is putting on me for not using them. Not everyone can, though. And it was already bad 20y ago when Walmart held the same advantage.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Start thrifting and buy from eBay instead

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    EBay uses javascript quirks to port scan your PC any time you visit it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That's outrageous, to what advantage?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    They're looking for remote desktop stuff like VNC. It's a thing for people to make accounts in good standing, and then sell access to it. Or get hacked. The scammer remotes in and does everything under the clean eBay account from their normal IP to not raise suspicion.

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