Wholesome

I find this creepy AF. Privacy is a thing of the past, my children will never know what it's like to have the kind of privacy I had growing up, before the internet.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...on-you-privacy

RecklessEric

I heard some young journalists talking about this matter.
They are aware their data is not private and seemingly have made their peace with it.
I'm in my mid-40s and don't like the fact that my phone can tell me where I have been.

andyh

I'm pretty resigned to it, it's never been a secret that all these companies store users' [meta-]data & it's a choice we make by using their services, albeit maybe an unwitting one in many cases. I've worked in the Internet business for 20+ years though, so maybe I'm just more aware. I do limit what I share & turn off location services & the like though. In any case, my data really isn't that interesting

There's an old adage: "if it's not obvious what's being sold, what's being sold is YOU" - ie your data, your page views, your ad clicks, etc. Likewise: "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is". How do people think these services can be run for "free" otherwise?

It'll be interesting to see whether people will be willing to pay even a very modest sum for secure services after the current furore dies down. I'd be willing to bet that the vast, vast majority still won't & will be affronted by the very idea of paying.

tyler

A few years ago I got on a Si-Fi kick and read 1984, rewatched old movies like The Terminator and The Matrix. Then it all started getting way too real. What seemed like fun in the 80's and 90's all of a sudden seemed like it was getting way to close to reality. I do still like Black Mirror, though it is pretty scary how close to reality it strikes. If you really want to be freaked out check out the episode Nosedive from last season. It is basically policy that China has implemented to rank people based on social ranking. Scary.

I think I'll stick to Game of Thrones. I'm pretty sure dragons aren't real!!

Wholesome

I wonder about the young people growing up with all this social media and lack of privacy, all the stupid crap they do growing up and post about will be out there forever.....

I haven't resigned myself. I am doing what I can to limit how much these creepy corporations can spy on me. I don't use Google anymore for anything, I was already done with FB, and I already had almost no apps on my phone because of a show I watched about how these apps can access all your personal info off your phone. More than anything, I think it's a smart phone problem, they are personal tracking devices. I'm thinking of getting a different phone all together. It's hard though, because it's already happened, we've already allowed it to.

Have you seen this about facial recognition in China? It's 1984's dream of a boot stamping on human's face for all time.

Wholesome

This is a good video about the subject.

andyh

very interesting, thanks. FB really does seem to be on a mission to become, literally, the opiate of the masses.

I've sent you some dopamine by clicking like on both your posts

RecklessEric

Did you see the Black Mirror from years back where the British Prime Minister, er, "has relations" with a pig?
And then there were revelations that a prime minister actually had relations with a pig while in college.

Wholesome

Haha! Thanks for the dopamine hit Andyh! Ahhhh that felt good! Sent you one back.

Wholesome

This is worth the watch. It's about AI.

Carlotta

It says:
This video contains content from SME who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
I am in the US and that sounds like Big Brother at work.
I will have to check it out via proxy.

Carlotta

I found a channel which is not blocked in the US (yet)


Thank you for the share BillieJean, I downloaded it and will watch it later with my friend