Social media and our info out there on public display
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I'd have to go check to see if what you mean by critical thinking is the same as what I think it is.
But I do suspect that some people may be leaning towards the relaxed attitude, in order to counter-balance the paranoia extremism.
Once you've got the nutjobs out there ranting, you don't really want to be associiated with that.
While it's probable that in the U.S.S.R that our modern technology and social media would be invaluable to the KGB and other oppression departments, that's because governments like that were corrupt and oppressive.
Here in the US, most of our government is run by us, the people. So there's only so much bullcrap we can really pull over on ourselves.
It is more probable that mega-corporations are going to screw us over with this kind of data than the Government.
tomBitonti
Hero
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There is the crux of the question. How much concern is appropriate, and how much is tin foil hattery? How much is putting ones head in the sand ostrich-like.
Not a directed criticism: I find interesting that showing less concern tends to a "relaxed attitude" while being concerned tends to "paranoia extermism". Why not "brain dead lack of concern" and "simple prudence"?
I really don't think most folks are aware the degree to which information is collected or used. Absent the iris scanning technology, and the ability to display an image to just one specific person, the scene in Minority Report where the protagonist is shown ads in real time is more-or-less within current capabilities.
Thx!
TomB
tomBitonti
Hero
To give an example:
Store items very often have RFID of one sort another. (A limiting factor is the cost of the RFID tags.)
When you pick up an item in a store, say, a book in a book store, the store can track that item together with your movement (by tracking the movement of the tag).
If you have any item which was recently purchased and that still has an active tag, an association can be made with your identity.
Regardless of whether this association is made, the store can track the item and display directed ads at a kiosk as you approach and walk by based on the item.
Edit: This is a point-in-time description of a capability described to me about 5 years ago at a trade show. Here the significant details are the time frame (5 years ago) and that it was under active development.
Thx!
TomB
Store items very often have RFID of one sort another. (A limiting factor is the cost of the RFID tags.)
When you pick up an item in a store, say, a book in a book store, the store can track that item together with your movement (by tracking the movement of the tag).
If you have any item which was recently purchased and that still has an active tag, an association can be made with your identity.
Regardless of whether this association is made, the store can track the item and display directed ads at a kiosk as you approach and walk by based on the item.
Edit: This is a point-in-time description of a capability described to me about 5 years ago at a trade show. Here the significant details are the time frame (5 years ago) and that it was under active development.
Thx!
TomB
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Vyvyan Basterd
Adventurer
I find it to be more: "Paranoid Extremism" <--> "Staunch Prudence" <--> "Simple Prudence" <--> "Relaxed Attitude" <--> "Gullible Con-Bait"
"Relaxed Attitude" gets less flak than "Paranoid Extremism", I think, because the paranoid extremist sounds nuts, while the relaxed attitude person is usually relaxed because they have nothing at risk. And while it's off-center, it not as far out as gullible people.
There ARE people out there that send money to the Nigerian Prince hoping he rewards them well.
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I find it to be more: "Paranoid Extremism" <--> "Staunch Prudence" <--> "Simple Prudence" <--> "Relaxed Attitude" <--> "Gullible Con-Bait"
"Relaxed Attitude" gets less flak than "Paranoid Extremism", I think, because the paranoid extremist sounds nuts, while the relaxed attitude person is usually relaxed because they have nothing at risk. And while it's off-center, it not as far out as gullible people.
There ARE people out there that send money to the Nigerian Prince hoping he rewards them well.
that sounds about right. Mrs. Relaxed attitude doesn't spend two hours telling my wife how the economy is going to tank and how we should sell all our stocks and stuff and invest in gold (true story). Once people start going down the PE path, I swear, the nuts and bolts start getting loose and they get further and further off the reservation.
Because the relaxed attitude person isn't ranting about anything, their lackadaisical approach to security doesn't come up in polite conversation.
sabrinathecat
Explorer
I created sub-accounts from my primary email, and use those for logging into different boards. All my handles and my one attempt to see what the point of Facebook was (I concluded there wasn't any) are under the names of my cats.
The paranoia level is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it is awfully easy for someone interested in doing so to hack your information. On the other hand, they have to want to. There is the thing: someone has to actually want to nail YOU. Sorry, but 99.9999% of the people just aren't that important for the government (or anyone else) to specifically target.
As for the generation thing--there might be something to that. People post and email the stupidest things. One of my mother's coworkers had a daughter, and her friends were taking pictures of eachother's backsides (for some reason???) and sending them to each other on their phones (for some reason???). So for christmas, the mothers got together, and presents were addressed to the presents to and from the phone pictures of the girls making asses of themselves. Sadly, the girls seemed to think that was a great idea. As with all tools, there are people who will use them properly, there are people who will abuse them, and there are people who are just plain stupid, and will abuse the tools stupidly. The lack of foresight and judgment combined with that kind of power is sad, and the results are just going to stockpile.
As for boards, I always remove any subscription information or direct links to me. Most of my personal info is kept out of them, except for my personal portfolio page. I have a hard time understanding why people need to post every time they break wind, with duration, note(s), and pungency. Who cares? Facebook, Twitter, whatever else... I don't care.
The paranoia level is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it is awfully easy for someone interested in doing so to hack your information. On the other hand, they have to want to. There is the thing: someone has to actually want to nail YOU. Sorry, but 99.9999% of the people just aren't that important for the government (or anyone else) to specifically target.
As for the generation thing--there might be something to that. People post and email the stupidest things. One of my mother's coworkers had a daughter, and her friends were taking pictures of eachother's backsides (for some reason???) and sending them to each other on their phones (for some reason???). So for christmas, the mothers got together, and presents were addressed to the presents to and from the phone pictures of the girls making asses of themselves. Sadly, the girls seemed to think that was a great idea. As with all tools, there are people who will use them properly, there are people who will abuse them, and there are people who are just plain stupid, and will abuse the tools stupidly. The lack of foresight and judgment combined with that kind of power is sad, and the results are just going to stockpile.
As for boards, I always remove any subscription information or direct links to me. Most of my personal info is kept out of them, except for my personal portfolio page. I have a hard time understanding why people need to post every time they break wind, with duration, note(s), and pungency. Who cares? Facebook, Twitter, whatever else... I don't care.
This had me giggling - you wish!
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