I had the same experience with Google, Alan, when I signed up for Google+. It put all of the information and images I had ever given google into my profile, which included hundreds of images etc from my blogs. All without a choice of any kind from me. It took me quite awhile to go back and undo it all but it was possible and I was thankful for that because many of the images required permission for use.
It seems to be part of the new online semantics and it completes our participation in the age of ethics and gives us that "in your face "transparency" that is the new reality, whether we like it or not. We got an inkling of it when our phones became photo and video capable, and there was no longer a private conversation that could not be document and proliferated online. The new range of semantics takes the sum total of our online activity and adds it to the rest of humanity. The data that can be pulled is staggering, not just on an individual, but on society as a whole. We have just begun to look and will be looking for quite some time, perhaps until the data becomes meaningless. I used to tell my kids that our best moral gauge is this: don't do anything you would't want everyone else to know about. It usually got a laugh. What they did not understand at the time is that, in the long run, it is the moral perspective that allows the view of unity consciousness - I AM everyone, and its OK that everyone knows everything. While divorcing my first husband I had a PI following me for months. I quickly learned - who cares? This guy must be really bored. I hope he makes good money for that. If we have something to hide, ultimately, we are only trying to hide from ourselves. Just won't work. We take the final journey alone. I suspect, after sitting with my brother during his, that we face our data then with some sort of soul process. No hiding. The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a fascinating read in that regard. On Oct 20, 5:05 am, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > * **I *updated my iPod last night only to find they were doing everything > in their power to force me into the cloud. (online that is).. I have > looked at the concept now for several years.. it is interesting but I > decided a long time ago I really did not want involved. > When I updated my iPod apple had forced it upon me.. after removing all my > files and pissing me off, It brought me to the realization,, Apple is not > really my choice except maybe if it is organic. in the process of > recovering my missing programs and files I came to the conclusion that it > is not a free service,, but a deliberate hook and bait using your > photographs as the bait and and the automatic wifi download as the line to > real unsuspecting clients in.. constantly having to buy more space and then > renew that space every or lose your files. > I am not sure the best way to deal with this invasion or even if it is my > active imagination and paranoia > Allan > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
