Legal

The AllenKerensky.com web site is owned and operated by Allen Kerensky for my sole amusement.

• Don't do anything stupid that annoys me or others.
• Follow the golden rule and we'll all get along.
• If you don't, I may start deleting stuff without warning, but nothing guarantees I will.

• I don't, and can't, provide you “privacy.”
• If you want information kept private, keep it in your own brain. It's not a secret anymore if you tell me.
• Don't ever type it into your computer, or mine.
• Any data you put into a computer (yours, mine, anyone's) should automatically be considered public information.
• Once information is entered (and stored) in a computer, a virus, trojan, hacker, corporation, or government can get it and make it public without your knowledge or prior consent.
• On the Internet, you are sending clearly readable information around the world over open links between numerous computers.
• People may be sniffing the traffic anywhere between your computer and mine.
• Your browser tells every website you visit (including mine) tons of information about you and your computer.
  • Don't believe me? See for yourself at DeviceInfo.
  • Want to improve your browsing privacy? Choose and use a browser with the protection features you demand PrivacyTests.
• Your ISP routinely sells lists of the sites you visit (called clickstream data) to third-parties without your knowledge.
• Many websites you go to secretly report your visit to their pages to google through google-analytics or adsense or upload emails and visits to Meta's Facebook.
• Corporations and major governments are secretly and openly spying on all Internet traffic.
• You don't have any privacy on any computer or the Internet, so don't expect any here.
• If you disagree with this privacy policy, the fault lies with you and your acceptance of current law and government. The remedy for this state of affairs is up to you.

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• A default installation of DokuWiki sets three cookies and optional plugins may set their own cookies.
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• No tracking is implemented with these cookies.
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  • Typical content: name/value pairs in plain text
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  • Typical content: random ID
  • Expires: at the end of the browser session

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