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My greatest fear has been realizedā¦.Wiley is the only sane one among usā¦.(Nobody saw me or heard me say that, rightā¦?) Truth is dangerous in the futureā¦Iāve read booksā¦.
Privacy on the Internet is just like in the real world: your passport has stamps showing where youāve been, and the Internet has itās own records of where you go ā of course, you go a lot more places on the Internet, including ones you donāt want anyone to see! (And your mail isnāt private.)
Iād like to see a regulation on sold or shared mail lists (snail mail, e-mail, phone, and any other) that gives the recipient the right to know: Where did you get my address?
Iād call it the Trail of Information Act.
Perhaps every piece of unsolicited mail or call should be required to identify the source that shared the address. This would include religious and political items as well as commercial.
Weāll adjust, Iām sure. If you believe such things, we ignore the constant and thorough purview of God and the guardian angels with the threat of much worse consequences.
My resolution for spam? I know, you didnāt askā¦ Charge the originator one cent per email when sent in bulk. If itās legit, they wonāt mind paying. If itās spam/scam/junk, theyāll stop.Still working out the details, but I like the idea.
And here we sit, posting our thoughts for any number of perfect strangers to read, and complaining about lack of PRIVACY?! Oh my, the irony is so thick I canāt see anything else.
What I find disturbing is, not the lack of privacy (which is bad, butā¦), but the attitude from so many that it doesnāt matter. And Iāve found that younger people are more likely to hold this belief, because theyāve been brain washed for basically their entire lives. Anyone that grew up before the internet gained popularity usually feels different, but not always. This means that in another decade or two, most people will expect and be ok with the invasion and expect it.We as individuals donāt matter, though, so itās ok. Weāre all just sheep to be bought and sold.
Privacy? Huh, with about seven billion people in the world and maybe around two billion on the Internet who is going to be able to watch every single person? Who is going to watch the watchers? How are ātheyā going to be able to sort out who, what, where and when? It sounds like Information overload. Lots of data and to many ways of interpreting it.
In the last āBourneā movie the NSA was having difficulty tracking Bourne and the reporter through the train terminal. Try that on a world wide scale. Just keep your head down, donāt look into any cameras, and wear a hat with a wide brim to make it harder.
Thatās the problem with the Internet. Order something using your credit card, BAM! Youāre in about a thousand systems. It doesnāt much help that sociopathic media is so big; the rise in identity theft, stalkers, and even serial killers alongside the rise of sociopathic media is no coincidence. Iām not exaggerating, either. Never have such felons had it so good. And donāt think you can stop them by pulling down a sociopathic media page. Once your name, picture, credit card number, SSN, basically anything given onlineāeven over encrypted channelsāitās out there for good. All it takes is a little know-how to uncover anything and everything. Itās scary!
Privacy is what you make of itā¦..case in point ā¦.JBā¦.screams about how he wants privacy then does every stupid stunt known to humanity to draw the media to himā¦..or was that LiLo? I can never keep the two idiots straight!
Varnes over 11 years ago
My greatest fear has been realizedā¦.Wiley is the only sane one among usā¦.(Nobody saw me or heard me say that, rightā¦?) Truth is dangerous in the futureā¦Iāve read booksā¦.
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
play your new song, or show āem your cute kitty video; theyāll leave
Superfrog over 11 years ago
Confidentiality is sacred but privacy is for sale.
Can't Sleep over 11 years ago
Privacy on the Internet is just like in the real world: your passport has stamps showing where youāve been, and the Internet has itās own records of where you go ā of course, you go a lot more places on the Internet, including ones you donāt want anyone to see! (And your mail isnāt private.)
jreckard over 11 years ago
internet privacy = oxymoron
pelican47 over 11 years ago
Iād like to see a regulation on sold or shared mail lists (snail mail, e-mail, phone, and any other) that gives the recipient the right to know: Where did you get my address?
Iād call it the Trail of Information Act.
Perhaps every piece of unsolicited mail or call should be required to identify the source that shared the address. This would include religious and political items as well as commercial.
emptc12 over 11 years ago
Weāll adjust, Iām sure. If you believe such things, we ignore the constant and thorough purview of God and the guardian angels with the threat of much worse consequences.
Beleck3 over 11 years ago
privacy, what a quaint notion.
alan.gurka over 11 years ago
Looks like another #$% reality show, and those are the judges in the other room.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
My resolution for spam? I know, you didnāt askā¦ Charge the originator one cent per email when sent in bulk. If itās legit, they wonāt mind paying. If itās spam/scam/junk, theyāll stop.Still working out the details, but I like the idea.
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
a camera in the toilet bowl
dsom8 over 11 years ago
And here we sit, posting our thoughts for any number of perfect strangers to read, and complaining about lack of PRIVACY?! Oh my, the irony is so thick I canāt see anything else.
daveoverpar over 11 years ago
Or Eric Holder privacy?
dabugger over 11 years ago
Danae is missingā¦ā¦
yimhere over 11 years ago
Life has become a Psych 101 experiment ā and weāre the āvolunteerā lab rats!
sarah413 Premium Member over 11 years ago
I Always Feel Like Somebodies Watching ME. M. Jackson
Defective over 11 years ago
What I find disturbing is, not the lack of privacy (which is bad, butā¦), but the attitude from so many that it doesnāt matter. And Iāve found that younger people are more likely to hold this belief, because theyāve been brain washed for basically their entire lives. Anyone that grew up before the internet gained popularity usually feels different, but not always. This means that in another decade or two, most people will expect and be ok with the invasion and expect it.We as individuals donāt matter, though, so itās ok. Weāre all just sheep to be bought and sold.
wrwallaceii over 11 years ago
Privacy? Huh, with about seven billion people in the world and maybe around two billion on the Internet who is going to be able to watch every single person? Who is going to watch the watchers? How are ātheyā going to be able to sort out who, what, where and when? It sounds like Information overload. Lots of data and to many ways of interpreting it.
In the last āBourneā movie the NSA was having difficulty tracking Bourne and the reporter through the train terminal. Try that on a world wide scale. Just keep your head down, donāt look into any cameras, and wear a hat with a wide brim to make it harder.
Potrzebie over 11 years ago
Imagine doing AA sessions via skype!!!
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
Gads, didnāt realize I had three comments in a row! Sorry . . .
Ernest Lemmingway over 11 years ago
Thatās the problem with the Internet. Order something using your credit card, BAM! Youāre in about a thousand systems. It doesnāt much help that sociopathic media is so big; the rise in identity theft, stalkers, and even serial killers alongside the rise of sociopathic media is no coincidence. Iām not exaggerating, either. Never have such felons had it so good. And donāt think you can stop them by pulling down a sociopathic media page. Once your name, picture, credit card number, SSN, basically anything given onlineāeven over encrypted channelsāitās out there for good. All it takes is a little know-how to uncover anything and everything. Itās scary!
Caddy57 over 11 years ago
Privacy is what you make of itā¦..case in point ā¦.JBā¦.screams about how he wants privacy then does every stupid stunt known to humanity to draw the media to himā¦..or was that LiLo? I can never keep the two idiots straight!
Varnes over 11 years ago
bopard, Both points well takenā¦.