I left Facebook recently. It had long become an annoyance.
Old schoolfriends either urging me to vote BNP or join the Socialist Party. Human whales sharing photos of their high sugar, high fat McDonalds meals. Dumbwitted phone text writing in every post. Relatives whom I've spent most of my life avoiding in my face every day. Their children. Their children's children.
Obliterating that account is the best thing I've done so far this year. Just like getting rid of my mobile phone, years ago.
Now it's just me, the wife and five cats.
For users in the US, it seems that just about every person has at least one elder relative posting all kinds of borderline racist tripe on Facebook.
As for children, it is my experience that whenever one is born people usually cannot shut up about it on social media, posting multiple images and videos almost daily as if they are the only one to ever have a child. Aside from it being stupid, I would never upload such personal aspects as my children in this creepy society.
I left Facebook recently. It had long become an annoyance.
Old schoolfriends either urging me to vote BNP or join the Socialist Party. Human whales sharing photos of their high sugar, high fat McDonalds meals. Dumbwitted phone text writing in every post. Relatives whom I've spent most of my life avoiding in my face every day. Their children. Their children's children.
Obliterating that account is the best thing I've done so far this year. Just like getting rid of my mobile phone, years ago.
Now it's just me, the wife and five cats.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Just a bit of caution. I read after you cancel your Facebook account it stays on their servers for a period of time. If out of curiosity you want to double check and make sure it's deleted by trying to sign in again, it actually reactivates your account.
As someone who regularly works with these data: they are used to target advertising. In an ideal world, you get to see only ads that really interest you. Still a bit to go until we're there. Not enough data, apparently. :-)
Remember the old days when one of the worst things you could be accused of (outside of murder) was being a "Peeping Tom"? Nowadays we have corporate Peeping Tom's, and our society seems fine with it. Go figure.
So now I hear that internet-connected TV's in hotel rooms are capable of recording audio or video without even being turned on.
Wow.
Actually it's any smart TV in your house as well. Big Brother is here. Edit: I don't think they can record video, but they can hear and record what you are saying if they hack into your TV.
Because of this, instead of wearing underwear and a t-shirt while watching TV and movies, now I'll be wearing slacks and a smoking jacket. I wanna look good in those spy photos.
Because of this, instead of wearing underwear and a t-shirt while watching TV and movies, now I'll be wearing slacks and a smoking jacket. I wanna look good in those spy photos.
Don't forget to put on that aftershave, too. What about a highly distinctive personal trait, such as the wearing of a hat - we do want to make a good impression, after all.
Because of this, instead of wearing underwear and a t-shirt while watching TV and movies, now I'll be wearing slacks and a smoking jacket. I wanna look good in those spy photos.
Don't forget to put on that aftershave, too. What about a highly distinctive personal trait, such as the wearing of a hat - we do want to make a good impression, after all.
I'm done worrying about it. If they want to spy on me fine, watch an old dude jack off all you want.
I'm done worrying about it. If they want to spy on me fine, watch an old dude jack off all you want.
You say that now, but wait til they put a snapshot on a milk carton (in a misguided attempt to customize your shopping experience). You'll be pretty embarrassed in the check out line.
Have just read a handful of chapters of Thomas Friedman's latest, Thank You for Being Late. Privacy, hell, add technological acceleration future shock into the mix and it's a wonder if things don't go kablooey within the next five years. Downright apocalyptic reading unless you think the world will have a sudden dose of humanity.
My local grocery store raised prices and made shoppers use their store card in order to get "discounts" on store merchandise. Up until now I didn't have to register for the card. Now they said, they are starting up a new "rewards" progam and issuing new cards. Now they want to see my drivers license and phone number. F*ck that! Guess I'll have to do my grocery shopping elsewhere now...
