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coldplugs said:
Anyone tracking my movements and activities would get what they deserve - they'd be bored witless in no time.
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True. But it's the IDEA of it all. Folks are becoming "trained" through social media to tell folks where they are, and it's nobodies business. Period.
I consider it a game.
First, I do every thing I can to eliminate tracking, ads, especially directed ads (from tracking your internet usage).

I have been a BIG fan of AdBlockPlus for a long time...and Ghostery.
Faceplant tried to override AdBlockPlus a while ago, and force their ads on you.
Not very long until the ABP community fixed it. Faceplant is continuing their attempts, but ABP will override them all.

Then there are those websites that use html in text instead of popups or overlays that ABP won't eliminate.

Takes a bit of research (and good friends who are software engineers and former IT folks who say it cannot be fixed) but it's out there, loaded, and works just fine.

Websites loaded with ads, or text that decrease my perceived usefulness of the particular site beckon me to fix it on my end.

And I do, eventually.

My guess is the latest OS will try to eliminate your ability to do that. Just a guess......since some OS manufacturers do things like track what you do, generate directed ads, use telemetry...oh, and partner with Intel so the latest processors will only work with the latest OS...and you can't load and older OS and expect it to work.

https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10780876/microsoft-windows-support-policy-new-processors-skylake

https://www.pcworld.com/article/311...e-zen-chips-will-support-only-windows-10.html
 
Again. That's what you SEE. That's the feel-good garbage they hand you. Tell me, just tell me, that you honestly believe a BIG company whose prime mission is to track all your personal data to sell it to marketers does not have all of that in their database. AT LEAST the IP address general location you are using. Possibly down to the cell phone tower.
https://www.marketingteacher.com/google-marketing-mix/
"Google retains your search term. It collects data on searches to help to refine the search algorithm. So don’t think that you search anonymously. Google keeps your search terms and can link them to the address of your computer, and then to you. Whilst Google may not wish to spy on you, governments may take an interest in searching habits and this is a civil liberties issue."

And THAT'S what they will admit to.
 
Allow me to add one giveaway. If you do a search on something, oh, Pizza...how many hits do you get for local pizza joints? They KNOW where you are, but to make you feel good, it doesn't show up publicly.

Where do you think the idea for Siri and Cortana came from?
 
Yup. And it's only gonna get worse. This morning's paper (understand...I don't "search" for news on da google....so they know what my preferences are....I use an actual analog newspaper) was it True Mobile has some new deal that allows how many devices to string together?
Your toaster can now make calls....your toilet paper dispenser can do FAXes.

Who needs that kind of connectivity, I mean, really?
Other than bragging rights.

I still have a functioning analog answering MACHINE connected to the house phone (LAND-line).

All the gummint wants is for everybody to accept the "new reality", have devices that track them everywhere, have constant connection.

I don't really care what folk's personal agenda is, but the next step is the chip in your forehead or hand.
 
Calm down you won't feel a thing
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TOC said:
Yup. And it's only gonna get worse. This morning's paper (understand...I don't "search" for news on da google....so they know what my preferences are....I use an actual analog newspaper) was it True Mobile has some new deal that allows how many devices to string together?
Your toaster can now make calls....your toilet paper dispenser can do FAXes.

Who needs that kind of connectivity, I mean, really?
Other than bragging rights.

I still have a functioning analog answering MACHINE connected to the house phone (LAND-line).

All the gummint wants is for everybody to accept the "new reality", have devices that track them everywhere, have constant connection.

I don't really care what folk's personal agenda is, but the next step is the chip in your forehead or hand.
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These are the same (mostly young) people who scream
"Get the Government off our backs".
 
The company I work for a very very large Fortune 500 will by by second quarter of 2017 no longer do business with you unless it's done digitally.done thru cloud and apps you will be expected to know what you want to buy and perform the order yourself. my group is eng. support I see many. calls and emails in my future .

on the flip side have you ever been to an amazon store you don't even go to a register it's already added up and debit your account before you get it in the trunk amazing and this works flawlessly everyone you can even put stuff back in the store and it's taken off. HELLO WALMART Here is your future .
 
My daughter-in-law just had a doctors appointment where is was MANDATED you fill out all the forms on line.
I have had them ask before...and I just say I don't have a computer or one of those email address thingies.
And I get a real person with a real form.
 
TOC said:
My daughter-in-law just had a doctors appointment where is was MANDATED you fill out all the forms on line.
I have had them ask before...and I just say I don't have a computer or one of those email address thingies.
And I get a real person with a real form.
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Here's were big data is awesome that digital information could save her life some day
doctors having you medical history instantly without having to ask you who your doctor is,then calling them asking for the files if it's regulators hours, about you to be sent relying on a office person to insure they have the correct information and all of it while your possibly in distress.
No take all the information you want on me put it someplace that the doctor who is looking at me in an emergency room in Paris or who knows where can see it can
know my medical history
Im good with that.

I like getting the reminder the morning of an appointment have probley saved me a bunch of dough in copay for not remembering the date.
 
SD Bugeye said:
No take all the information you want on me put it someplace that the doctor who is looking at me in an emergency room in Paris or who knows where can see it can
know my medical history
Im good with that.
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The downside to that is they don't take security seriously. I have medical records under UCLA and Bluecross. Both have been hacked and it was years before either of them knew there was a theft. Let's add Sony and OPM to the list of companies (government) that didn't protect my information.
 
SD Bugeye said:
Here's were big data is awesome that digital information could save her life some day
doctors having you medical history instantly without having to ask you who your doctor is,then calling them asking for the files if it's regulators hours, about you to be sent relying on a office person to insure they have the correct information and all of it while your possibly in distress.
No take all the information you want on me put it someplace that the doctor who is looking at me in an emergency room in Paris or who knows where can see it can
know my medical history
Im good with that.

I like getting the reminder the morning of an appointment have probley saved me a bunch of dough in copay for not remembering the date.
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Except, as mentioned right below your post, the issues with hacking. And they tell you up to years later, if ever.
Then there's the problem of Paris.
First off, unless your records are stored in French, they won't even try to read them (and if you've ever come across that particular attitude, you will understand instantly), or, they may still be on dial up and by the time the records load up, you'd be dead anyway.

Looks like you're a prime candidate for getting that chip implanted in your hand or forehead....
 
Sorry I choose to imbrase change and just do the best I can to protect myself
im not going to go thru life paranoid ... that my chip is going to blow my head off.
And I don't look good in a tinfoil hat ��
 
SD Bugeye said:
Sorry I choose to imbrase change and just do the best I can to protect myself
im not going to go thru life paranoid ... that my chip is going to blow my head off.
And I don't look good in a tinfoil hat ��
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:iagree:

And I thought the Pub was supposed to be light and fun...

Can we put this one to bed, guys?
 
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