"Your entire life is online..."

Alliecat · 09-26-2012, 08:50 PM

Facebook anyone?

You Tube

Na Horuk · 09-27-2012, 04:53 AM

I thought people would lie more on facebook

"I can see.. a yacht.. two beautiful women.."
"Uh.. none of that is true, but I see you were looking at my facebook page.."

Medium FormatPro · 09-27-2012, 05:42 AM

As the "blue guy" from Sesame Street always said, "it's all about the cookies".

The same can be said about ones computer. Between any version of internet browser and also any setting one happens to have on ones computer and the like; that one most always leaves a rather massive footprint in the sand wherever one goes on the internet. Even most internet providers which one even pays for - still sell your information. To what extent exactly? Some internet providers make more by selling your information than from your subscription fees and costs. Even the so called free WiFi points frequently sell ot your information.

For americans... Ones entire online history snce you turned eighteen is indefinately stored in more than one location. Might I also clearly point out that... Even if you do not happen to have any type of Facebook account or profile does not mean that you are also not on Facebook. As the Facebook (company) also has quite the volumes of information about many people whom have never had accounts. Think of it as a version of you've been tagged

Alliecat · 09-27-2012, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by Na Horuk

I thought people would lie more on facebook

"I can see.. a yacht.. two beautiful women.."
"Uh.. none of that is true, but I see you were looking at my facebook page.."

How much more interesting facebook would be if this were true!
Instead we get, "Thinking of changing my detergent... what do y'all recommend?" (no kidding, I actually saw this once) or "4 a.m. ... can't sleep... I wish my Blackberry played disco lights with my mp3's" (seen this too) or "sitting in traffic... wonder what I should make for supper".

Blaaahhhhh!

Last edited by Alliecat; 09-27-2012 at 08:00 PM.

ve2vfd · 09-29-2012, 10:24 AM

Sadly this exposes 2 major problems of living in this age of easy access to personal information...

1 - Once you put something out on the net, it's out there forever. The more we put out there, the easier we make the job of anyone wanting to gather intelligence on us. Google yourself (and all the aliases you have used online in the past) often, you'll be surprised how much is out there. Back in the 80's I used to run a BBS that was connected to the Fidonet (pre internet newsgroups days) and many of my ancient posts are still out there... archived forever.

2 - So called "psychics" charlatans like Sylvia Brown don't even need to cold read you and play the guessing game anymore... often the scraps of information they find online are enough to convince people who want to believe in those frauds.

Pat

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09-27-2012, 04:53 AM	#2
Na Horuk Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Slovenia, probably Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,186	I thought people would lie more on facebook "I can see.. a yacht.. two beautiful women.." "Uh.. none of that is true, but I see you were looking at my facebook page.."

09-27-2012, 05:42 AM	#3
Medium FormatPro Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Charleston & Pittsburgh Photos: Albums Posts: 1,668	As the "blue guy" from Sesame Street always said, "it's all about the cookies". The same can be said about ones computer. Between any version of internet browser and also any setting one happens to have on ones computer and the like; that one most always leaves a rather massive footprint in the sand wherever one goes on the internet. Even most internet providers which one even pays for - still sell your information. To what extent exactly? Some internet providers make more by selling your information than from your subscription fees and costs. Even the so called free WiFi points frequently sell ot your information. For americans... Ones entire online history snce you turned eighteen is indefinately stored in more than one location. Might I also clearly point out that... Even if you do not happen to have any type of Facebook account or profile does not mean that you are also not on Facebook. As the Facebook (company) also has quite the volumes of information about many people whom have never had accounts. Think of it as a version of you've been tagged

09-27-2012, 11:16 AM	#4
Alliecat Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: East of Everywhere, Canada Posts: 740 Original Poster	Originally posted by Na Horuk I thought people would lie more on facebook "I can see.. a yacht.. two beautiful women.." "Uh.. none of that is true, but I see you were looking at my facebook page.." How much more interesting facebook would be if this were true! Instead we get, "Thinking of changing my detergent... what do y'all recommend?" (no kidding, I actually saw this once) or "4 a.m. ... can't sleep... I wish my Blackberry played disco lights with my mp3's" (seen this too) or "sitting in traffic... wonder what I should make for supper". Blaaahhhhh! Last edited by Alliecat; 09-27-2012 at 08:00 PM.

09-29-2012, 10:24 AM	#5
ve2vfd Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,433	Sadly this exposes 2 major problems of living in this age of easy access to personal information... 1 - Once you put something out on the net, it's out there forever. The more we put out there, the easier we make the job of anyone wanting to gather intelligence on us. Google yourself (and all the aliases you have used online in the past) often, you'll be surprised how much is out there. Back in the 80's I used to run a BBS that was connected to the Fidonet (pre internet newsgroups days) and many of my ancient posts are still out there... archived forever. 2 - So called "psychics" charlatans like Sylvia Brown don't even need to cold read you and play the guessing game anymore... often the scraps of information they find online are enough to convince people who want to believe in those frauds. Pat