I'm late, there are nearly 600 messages, I did not read them all, but if you all think this is just about listening to music, you're truly blind.
Once anyone can a) see inside your computer, b) be "contacted by its software" (as we won't call it "phoning home" anymore), and c) can "reach out" and flip bits inside your computer ("but only for our own software, Mr. Customer, sir!")....do you think you'll avoid:
advertisements when your computer starts up, and shuts down?
monitoring? (of course, "only in cases deemed necessary due to force of law, or in cases where a business need can be proven")
active interference? (thou shalt not visit Unapproved Web Sites like this one or this one
And there will be so much more...that even I cannot see. My dreams, though, of late are all dark and unnerving.
This is about nothing less than control of information, which necessarily brings with it all lesser forms of control - mind control (yes, sigh, that's a "trigger phrase", but it's the best term I could use, I think), control of dissemination of information (like....news?), and control of point-to-point communication (email, chat, VoIP, etc).
Believe me now or believe me later.
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I wonder if anyone's even reading this?:-( I'm having a monday, for sure. News like this makes a sunny day cloudy. The slide down-slope continues. Stay tuned.
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I'm late, there are nearly 600 messages, I did not read them all, but if you all think this is just about listening to music, you're truly blind.
Once anyone can a) see inside your computer, b) be "contacted by its software" (as we won't call it "phoning home" anymore), and c) can "reach out" and flip bits inside your computer ("but only for our own software, Mr. Customer, sir!")....do you think you'll avoid:
And there will be so much more...that even I cannot see. My dreams, though, of late are all dark and unnerving.
This is about nothing less than control of information, which necessarily brings with it all lesser forms of control - mind control (yes, sigh, that's a "trigger phrase", but it's the best term I could use, I think), control of dissemination of information (like....news?), and control of point-to-point communication (email, chat, VoIP, etc).
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I wonder if anyone's even reading this?