Privacy? You Doan Nee No Steenkin Privacy
on 01/28/2009 at 12:01 AM
...and we’re going to give it all up voluntarily. I don’t think we can blames the libs on this one. It’s the progress of technology. It is the world of living in the cloud, the world where all our data floats in cyberspace instead of hard drive storage, that ZDnet talks about. We have the communication, the sharing and we also have our privacy degraded. Passwords, encryption and private networks may help some, but I suspect that like locks, they will only keep out honest people. I use anti virus, a firewall and other malware protection with regular scans on my computer. I still don’t think it’s enough.
Like a lot of other major advances (nuclear weapons and genetic engineering immediately come to mind) our capability has outstripped our comprehension of the consequences, both ethical and practical. We have created the technology yet failed to comprehend it or provide safeguards. I suppose there’s a moral dimension as well, but for now, I just think of the sheep.
But add to that in a small degree - the medical ethics situation that can save people from fatal injuries - yet have almost nothing in place to deal with the aftermath (Thank you very much).
On the connection/privacy issues - my hubby’s college (UC) has attached their files to - you guessed it Facebook - and thus (love this two-fer) it is not only public, but now property of Facebook. How twisted is that? [If you fall for it - and here I was thinking Facebook was better than MySpace]
I love the technology that allows my children to send me immediately the pictures of the grandchildren - yet the fact that they are now floating around the Internet is a bit scary (via flicker etc).
We are having the same discussion re: guns. Part of us wants to be the NRA, 2nd Amendment staunch, in-your-face supporters and part wants no one beyond certain family & friends to even know we own guns. Damn, I guess I shouldn’t have posted that here. My bad.
Thank you very much Fiberals who want to make every aspect of every citizens life - your f****in business. That is un-Constitutional and oh so very, very dangerous. You first - Fiberals.
Wardmama
And that’s why you always post under an alias, and use an email handle that is not like your real name. Send pictures via email, and use a program (not Yahoo) that actually downloads the messages OFF of the server.
Protect what privacy you can. Shred ALL your junk mail that has your name on it. If you can afford it, have a stripped down PC just for use on the internet. Keep all your personal files on an isolated machine. Use passwords written in “leet” where 1=I or L, 3=E, 6=G ... write them down if you have to on a bit of PAPER not kept under your keyboard ... and don’t use the same 2 passwords for everything, like many of us do.
Back up your data and NEVER use a public storage utility like Facebook for your records.
As for the guns, I won’t tell on you if you don’t tell on me.
Commenting on the original article, Google Maps has been putting “Street Views” in certain locations for quite a while now. Now they are driving around in special 360 deg cameras up and down every street. Every street. It’s just a matter of time before your abode will be in cyberspace. Burglers, home invaders and other scum will now be able to case the joint in the privacy of their hidyhole. Just move the mouse up Elm Ave. and find the houses with toys and bikes in the front yard. Check the houses with shrubs under windows. I wonder if Google would be found complicit if it was determined that the child molester found his target via Google maps. Scary, really scary.
My home is already in cyberspace - and not only because of google - our local yokels wasting our hard earned money hand over fist did it first. Joyus, joyus.
Drew - other than the passwords - I do and I have a live-in computer geek - so that is taken care of. I shred, I shred and I shred (and am killing shreders [and bread machines] left and right).
I believe in standing up for what is right - however with petty little people - I do hedge my activism sometimes.
And I won’t tell on you - now what was it I wasn’t suppose to rat you on? Damn I forgot already!
Zombies: *shudder* Yes, I watched the WHOLE thing. What a bunch of mouthbreathers.
Hey ... back, kind of.
Re. Zombies.
That was a joke. Right? Has to be a joke. Because nobody would intentionally embarrass themselves ......? They aren’t embarrassed at all. Are they?I can’t believe they all really buy all that. Nah .. it’s a gag.
Meanwhile, I pledge to do nothing about my carbon footprint. Whatever libs are for, I’m against it.
But I’m having trouble getting the joke in the zombie video. Where was the punch line?
01/29/2009 at 07:54 PM
01/30/2009 at 08:44 AM
