Hi Michael.. and Roger. Funny, thinking about all this.. I guess I tend to "talk too much"(to people.. not so much on the net.. but to everyone).. LOL... Even at 7 Eleven in the morns..(okay.. now everyone knows I go to 7 eleven to get my coffee.. LOL)... Well, I'll talk to just about everbody..
Though on the net.. I've never gone into chat lines.. Not my thing.. But I do belong to several lists.(tech lists, organizing lists, freebie lists).. so I do use the computer. and never thought, that anything would come of it.. (like that guy who contacted me). Well, live and learn. and you're right.. Michael.. I'm not going to live my life any other way. I'm just me, being me.. I'm social. and I tend to talk to strangers.(when outside). thats just me. And.. just for the record.. I buy my toilet paper at costco.. their brand.. LMAO.. So the secret is out..<smile> Helene HELENE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 2:08 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. ==================================== ============= 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 =====================================================
