My greatest fear has been realized….Wiley is the only sane one among us….(Nobody saw me or heard me say that, right…?) Truth is dangerous in the future…I’ve read books….
Privacy on the Internet is just like in the real world: your passport has stamps showing where you’ve been, and the Internet has it’s own records of where you go – of course, you go a lot more places on the Internet, including ones you don’t want anyone to see! (And your mail isn’t private.)
I’d 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?
I’d 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.
We’ll adjust, I’m 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 didn’t ask… Charge the originator one cent per email when sent in bulk. If it’s legit, they won’t mind paying. If it’s spam/scam/junk, they’ll 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 can’t see anything else.
What I find disturbing is, not the lack of privacy (which is bad, but…), but the attitude from so many that it doesn’t matter. And I’ve found that younger people are more likely to hold this belief, because they’ve 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 don’t matter, though, so it’s ok. We’re 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 ‘they’ 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 ‘Bourne’ 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, don’t look into any cameras, and wear a hat with a wide brim to make it harder.
That’s the problem with the Internet. Order something using your credit card, BAM! You’re in about a thousand systems. It doesn’t 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. I’m not exaggerating, either. Never have such felons had it so good. And don’t think you can stop them by pulling down a sociopathic media page. Once your name, picture, credit card number, SSN, basically anything given online—even over encrypted channels—it’s out there for good. All it takes is a little know-how to uncover anything and everything. It’s scary!
Privacy is what you make of it…..case in point ….JB….screams about how he wants privacy then does every stupid stunt known to humanity to draw the media to him…..or was that LiLo? I can never keep the two idiots straight!
Varnes almost 11 years ago
My greatest fear has been realized….Wiley is the only sane one among us….(Nobody saw me or heard me say that, right…?) Truth is dangerous in the future…I’ve read books….
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
play your new song, or show ‘em your cute kitty video; they’ll leave
Superfrog almost 11 years ago
Confidentiality is sacred but privacy is for sale.
Can't Sleep almost 11 years ago
Privacy on the Internet is just like in the real world: your passport has stamps showing where you’ve been, and the Internet has it’s own records of where you go – of course, you go a lot more places on the Internet, including ones you don’t want anyone to see! (And your mail isn’t private.)
jreckard almost 11 years ago
internet privacy = oxymoron
pelican47 almost 11 years ago
I’d 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?
I’d 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 almost 11 years ago
We’ll adjust, I’m 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 almost 11 years ago
privacy, what a quaint notion.
alan.gurka almost 11 years ago
Looks like another #$% reality show, and those are the judges in the other room.
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 11 years ago
My resolution for spam? I know, you didn’t ask… Charge the originator one cent per email when sent in bulk. If it’s legit, they won’t mind paying. If it’s spam/scam/junk, they’ll stop.Still working out the details, but I like the idea.
puddlesplatt almost 11 years ago
a camera in the toilet bowl
dsom8 almost 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 can’t see anything else.
daveoverpar almost 11 years ago
Or Eric Holder privacy?
dabugger almost 11 years ago
Danae is missing……
yimhere almost 11 years ago
Life has become a Psych 101 experiment – and we’re the “volunteer” lab rats!
sarah413 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I Always Feel Like Somebodies Watching ME. M. Jackson
Defective Premium Member almost 11 years ago
What I find disturbing is, not the lack of privacy (which is bad, but…), but the attitude from so many that it doesn’t matter. And I’ve found that younger people are more likely to hold this belief, because they’ve 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 don’t matter, though, so it’s ok. We’re all just sheep to be bought and sold.
wrwallaceii almost 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 ‘they’ 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 ‘Bourne’ 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, don’t look into any cameras, and wear a hat with a wide brim to make it harder.
Potrzebie almost 11 years ago
Imagine doing AA sessions via skype!!!
Gokie5 almost 11 years ago
Gads, didn’t realize I had three comments in a row! Sorry . . .
Ernest Lemmingway almost 11 years ago
That’s the problem with the Internet. Order something using your credit card, BAM! You’re in about a thousand systems. It doesn’t 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. I’m not exaggerating, either. Never have such felons had it so good. And don’t think you can stop them by pulling down a sociopathic media page. Once your name, picture, credit card number, SSN, basically anything given online—even over encrypted channels—it’s out there for good. All it takes is a little know-how to uncover anything and everything. It’s scary!
Caddy57 almost 11 years ago
Privacy is what you make of it…..case in point ….JB….screams about how he wants privacy then does every stupid stunt known to humanity to draw the media to him…..or was that LiLo? I can never keep the two idiots straight!
Varnes almost 11 years ago
bopard, Both points well taken….