03-09-2017, 08:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2017, 08:53 PM by gordi.
Edit Reason: I wanted to add a PS
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I cannot begin to describe how angry I am about the FB ad thing and being "tracked".
IF this is even LEGAL then it should be stated up front CLEARLY in BIG BOLD LETTERS that using devices X,Y, or Z would result in your location information being gathered and used, DESPITE YOU CHOOSING to TURN the LOCATION SERVICES OFF.
Don't get me started on the latest "Games" consoles or "Smart" TV's!!!
Guess what they can do????
The motion sensors, mics and trackers on the consoles can "see" who is in a room, "hear" what they are talking about, and relay that information via the obligatory internet connection to...... whoever the f*ck they want. For whatever reasons they want.
Likewise the smart TV's, especially the latest generation with "wave your hand to select menu options" type tech built-in.
Funny how they don't ACTUALLY TELL the buyers of this kit that it is even capable of spying on you!!!!
...and what do we do? Nothing. We play the games, download the Apps and lap up the latest movies like good little boys & girls, never questioning, never complaining.
EVEN when you tell someone, SHOW THEM PROOF of this stuff going on IN THEIR OWN HOMES.... they shrug and say:
"well, if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about" right?
Heard that anywhere before??? Of course you have, we ALL have.
BUT...
WHO DEFINES what "doing anything wrong" actually is?? Is it us?????? (Subtle hint: NO IT'S NOT)
WHO DECIDES that disagreeing with the gubberments current policies is akin to TERRORISM? (That would be THEM)
WHO DECIDES what is FAKE news and what is REAL? (3 guesses...)
We're quite a long way down a VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE and very VERY SOON, maybe even now?.... It's going to be TOO LATE to do anything about it.
I've never been so tempted to switch it all off and go live in an off-grid log cabin in the woods.
Never.
G
PS - Is it too much to ask, to just be left alone to live my life WITHOUT being "targeted" for advertisements "tailored" to suit ME??
I want to wander through life experiencing things for myself, discovering things DIFFERENT things for myself!!!! NOT because I paused outside a business premises once, or "liked" someones post on a thread somewhere... I want the REAL experience, the REAL world in all its Good, Bad and Indifferent glory, NOT some manufactured, tailored, targeted and quite frankly sh*tty fake version.
IF this is even LEGAL then it should be stated up front CLEARLY in BIG BOLD LETTERS that using devices X,Y, or Z would result in your location information being gathered and used, DESPITE YOU CHOOSING to TURN the LOCATION SERVICES OFF.
Don't get me started on the latest "Games" consoles or "Smart" TV's!!!
Guess what they can do????
The motion sensors, mics and trackers on the consoles can "see" who is in a room, "hear" what they are talking about, and relay that information via the obligatory internet connection to...... whoever the f*ck they want. For whatever reasons they want.
Likewise the smart TV's, especially the latest generation with "wave your hand to select menu options" type tech built-in.
Funny how they don't ACTUALLY TELL the buyers of this kit that it is even capable of spying on you!!!!
...and what do we do? Nothing. We play the games, download the Apps and lap up the latest movies like good little boys & girls, never questioning, never complaining.
EVEN when you tell someone, SHOW THEM PROOF of this stuff going on IN THEIR OWN HOMES.... they shrug and say:
"well, if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about" right?
Heard that anywhere before??? Of course you have, we ALL have.
BUT...
WHO DEFINES what "doing anything wrong" actually is?? Is it us?????? (Subtle hint: NO IT'S NOT)
WHO DECIDES that disagreeing with the gubberments current policies is akin to TERRORISM? (That would be THEM)
WHO DECIDES what is FAKE news and what is REAL? (3 guesses...)
We're quite a long way down a VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE and very VERY SOON, maybe even now?.... It's going to be TOO LATE to do anything about it.
I've never been so tempted to switch it all off and go live in an off-grid log cabin in the woods.
Never.
G
PS - Is it too much to ask, to just be left alone to live my life WITHOUT being "targeted" for advertisements "tailored" to suit ME??
I want to wander through life experiencing things for myself, discovering things DIFFERENT things for myself!!!! NOT because I paused outside a business premises once, or "liked" someones post on a thread somewhere... I want the REAL experience, the REAL world in all its Good, Bad and Indifferent glory, NOT some manufactured, tailored, targeted and quite frankly sh*tty fake version.