Hahahah, right on Mike! Also, remember that if you have a cordless phone, anyone with a scanner round the hood can listen in on your conversations as well. The Wi-Fi nets are ripe for plucking too.
I just assume that anything I say or do electronically is being heard by a bunch of folk, not to mention the current vogue for public cameras and cell phone video technology. Privacy? What's that? Roger ======================================================= Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. (W.C. Fields) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: OMG - Big brother is watching.. YIKES > Another take on this thread. First, an acquaintance many years ago who had > some government connections, insisted that the NATSB or some such had > obtained clearance to have super computers monitoring EVERY telephone > conversation in America and flagging and recording conversations that had > certain keywords in them, so later analysis could be done. I now have grave > doubts because if that had been true, it is unlikely the Oklahoma City > bombing could have been pulled off. > > Second, I don't care. I have my own revenge for anyone who is listening into > my fone conversations or reading my email or following my web surfing. I > deliberately work at boring them to death. > > Think of the logistics. over 240,000,000 people (I don't know the latest > census count) in America talking and mailing and using the Internet. How > many of those people would it take working full time to make any > comprehensive compilation of all that data? What they are able to deduce > from spybots and so forth is annoying to us, but not all that intrusive. > Obviously some search machines are able to pick up certain phrases and zero > in on them. It is the cost of living in a high tech society. > > On the other hand, the people around you probably know far more about you > (much of it misinformation) than you can imagine. And it has little to do > with sales tracking and fone tapping. It has always been that way, and > always will be. Privacy is more of a mutual illusion than a reality. Our > society goes to great pains to pretend we know less about each other than we > really do. > > The healthy thing to do is live your life. You will be OK, and while all > this snooping is going on, perhaps some terrorist will be caught. Perhaps > even some misinformation about you will be corrected without you even > knowing. It is not all bad. > > Mike > > > Subject: Re: PCWorks: OMG - Big brother is watching.. YIKES > > > > > > Hi Tom. . > > Never thought of it in those terms.. Thanks.. > > So, do we 'stop writing'.. do we 'look over our shoulders'.. It's crazy.. > I > > know.. but this letter from this guy come out of the blue.. and it really > > upset me to think that I made a post. saying something, which I "knew to > be > > true". from other sources, Tech Lists.. etc.. and he wrote to me > directly. > > > > Hey, just realized, he can probably access the list- archives again.. > UGH.. > > Okay, I'm not going to write anything, except Have a good day.. etc.. from > > now to eternity.. Okay, I know I'm being silly.. but it does upset me. to > > think that "big brother is watching". and you can bet from now on..I"ll > send > > someone else to buy my brand of toilet paper.<SMILE> Only kidding of > > course. > > > > I guess it's the same, with phone lines, cause I"ve been on a cordless > > phone, and have been talking to a friend, and my friend and I have heard > > every word. another person is saying.(crossed line). so we hang up.. So, I > > know it can happen, where people can hear your conversation.. but hadn't > > realized, (though, I should have).. that ANYONE at all can access anything > > we write.. UGH. > > > > Anyway, Thanks.. I guess it was a lesson for all to learn.. Be careful > what > > we write.. > > > > Helene ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
