How to Convince Non-IT Friends that Privacy Matters?

mmtux writes: "As technology becomes more advanced, I am increasingly worried about privacy in all aspects of my life. Unfortunately, whenever I attempt to discuss the matter with my friends, they show little understanding and write me off as a hyper-neurotic IT student. They say they simply don't care that the data they share on social networks may be accessible by others, that some laws passed by governments today might be privacy-infringing and dangerous, or that they shouldn't use on-line banking without a virus scanner and a firewall. Have you ever attempted to discuss data security and privacy concerns with a friend who isn't tech-savvy? How do you convince the average modern user that they should think about their privacy and the privacy of others when turning on their computer?"

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privacy does matter

[Anonymous Coward]

especially in some cases.

like cases people enjoy niggerdicks up their asses.

very simply

[Anonymous Coward]

Would you rather maintain your privacy or have sex with a mare?

ask not what you should willingly tell uncle sam

[Anonymous Coward]

ask what uncle sam should be telling us? being bushwhacked for years seems like an irregular whodunit of malfeasance. let yOUR conscience be yOUR guide. you can be more helpful than you might have imagined. there are still some choices. if they do not suit you, consider the likely results of continuing to follow the corepirate nazi hypenosys story LIEn, whereas anything of relevance is replaced almost instantly with pr ?firm? scriptdead mindphuking propaganda or 'celebrity' trivia 'foam'. meanwhile; don't forget to get a little more oxygen on yOUR brain, & look up in the sky from time to time, starting early in the day. there's lots going on up there.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071229/ap_on_sc/ye_climate_records;_ylt=A0WTcVgednZHP2gB9wms0NUE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080108/ts_alt_afp/ushealthfrancemortality;_ylt=A9G_RngbRIVHsYAAfCas0NUE
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/opinion/31mon1.html?em&ex=1199336400&en=c4b5414371631707&ei=5087%0A

is it time to get real yet? A LOT of energy is being squandered in attempts to keep US in the dark. in the end (give or take a few 1000 years), the creators will prevail (world without end, etc...), as it has always been. the process of gaining yOUR release from the current hostage situation may not be what you might think it is. butt of course, most of US don't know, or care what a precarious/fatal situation we're in. for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it? we're intending for the whoreabully deceptive (they'll do ANYTHING for a bit more monIE/power) felons to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather', as well as a # of other things/events.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying

dictator style micro management has never worked (for very long). it's an illness. tie that with life0cidal aggression & softwar gangster style bullying, & what do we have? a greed/fear/ego based recipe for disaster. meanwhile, you can help to stop the bleeding (loss of life & limb);

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/28/vermont.banning.bush.ap/index.html

the bleeding must be stopped before any healing can begin. jailing a couple of corepirate nazi hired goons would send a clear message to the rest of the world from US. any truthful look at the 'scorecard' would reveal that we are a society in decline/deep doo-doo, despite all of the scriptdead pr ?firm? generated drum beating & flag waving propaganda that we are constantly bombarded with. is it time to get real yet? please consider carefully ALL of yOUR other 'options'. the creators will prevail. as it has always been.

corepirate nazi execrable costs outweigh benefits
(Score:-)mynuts won, the king is a fink)
by ourselves on everyday 24/7

as there are no benefits, just more&more death/debt & disruption. fortunately there's an 'army' of light bringers, coming yOUR way. the little ones/innocents must/will be protected. after the big flash, ALL of yOUR imaginary 'borders' may blur a bit? for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available. 'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet, & by your behaviors. help bring an end to unprecedented evile'

Re:How to convice a non-Christian that Christ matt

[DaedalusHKX]

After I did trucking, and racing, and a few other things, I ended up pre-tripping my daily driver at least once a week. That's called "check fluids, tires, mirrors, seals, etc".

As a result? My vehicle requires FAR less maintenance than it used to. Surprising? Why should it be. Its like the idiots who think guns work like in videogames. Pick up a dusty old rifle that's been hidden in a warehouse for half a century, and pull the trigger. Reminds me of that Lara Croft movie where she picks up the rifle and clicks the empty chamber. Was she stupid enough to think rifles would be shipped A) loaded, and B) chambered and C) that they would fire through a 70 year old, possibly obstructed barrel without exploding in their hands?

The status quo is stupidity and ignorance. I choose not to be part of that. If my friends choose to remain so, I simply negate our "friendship"... I will not be a friend to those whom would not be friends to me. That simple. That easy.

As for other things. Maintenance checks are not that difficult. Most people skip them and bitch when the BIG problem occurs despite having been visible with a mere routine check. Ignorance should be expensive, and stupidity, should, as it does, be ungodly expensive! Same goes for email, virus checks, etc. First, use a clean OS. Secondly, don't download everything marketed as free. Thirdly, don't communicate with people who do this. If they refuse, then you should refuse their messages.

Far too many people associate with losers who bring them down to their level. I've yet to hear of a loser uplifting a winner. Usually the loser wants the other guy to be a loser also... misery and company and all that.

Prime Example: Someone who practices unsafe sex with AIDS patients would be a POOR choice of marital partner to anyone, but try telling that to the stupid or ignorant lazy schmucks out there!