On 29 August 2011 19:13, John Cooper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 29/08/11 19:57, Keith Edmunds wrote: > >> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:25:21 +0000, [email protected] said: >> >> Call me old fashioned, but Id rather keep all my personal stuff backed >>> up on a usb stick. >>> >> >> I'd probably call you naive rather than old fashioned. >> > > I'd add paranoid as well. Everytime you go on the internet your activity is > logged, every email you send is stored, your mobile phone logs your location > and CCTV cameras capture your image. This is the world we live in and is not > necessarily a bad thing. For the majority of people, your information is > mundane and of little use so it begs the question what are you doing that > requires top secrecy? > > I use a Linux desktop at work and I was told to "share" my calendar which > would normally mean using Outlook. So I downloaded the Google sync for > Outlook and can carry on using Thunderbird linked to Google calendar. My new > Samsung Galaxy SII has the option to sync to MS Exchange which means all my > appointments appear on my phone. And all for free and backed up in case I > lose or change my phone. > > CCTV and mobiles phones you cant control what they record. Im talking about personal information that you can control. You making the choice about either having your personal info on a cloud server in Russia, or on a pen drive in your top draw. And having a log about my surfing habits is less important to me than having my letters to the bank, asking for my money back either on a server out of my control, or on a pen drive, in my control. And if I was paranoid, Id be working for Richard Stallman and have no mobile phone at all. Or Id be permanently unemployed and be afraid to go outside, in case I pick up anything, or if cctv catches me going for a pint of milk, and the DWP says that as i was seen going out then Im fit for work. So paranoid is too strong a word for what I originally wrote, (sorry :-))))))
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