Comments on: Corporations baffled by ‘network privacy’ http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16924 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Devil's Advocate http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16924/comment-page-1#comment-761184 Devil's Advocate Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:04:41 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16924#comment-761184 Sure, the Corporate Collective is "baffled" by the concept of network privacy. It's baffled by anything that remotely stands in the way of pursuing yet another profit venture. Pursuit of profit is the ONLY thing the Collective is programmed to do. The mission is forever driven by this selective ignorance. "All other things are irrelevant. You will be ASSIMILATED." I use the word "selective" quite intentionally. I don't, even for one minute, believe the Collective is not COMPLETELY aware of its own interference in our lives, the impact that has, and the dangers to us thereof. "Baffled" as it says it is, the Collective can and will be reprogrammed! Sure, the Corporate Collective is “baffled” by the concept of network privacy.
It’s baffled by anything that remotely stands in the way of pursuing yet another profit venture. Pursuit of profit is the ONLY thing the Collective is programmed to do. The mission is forever driven by this selective ignorance.

“All other things are irrelevant. You will be ASSIMILATED.”

I use the word “selective” quite intentionally.
I don’t, even for one minute, believe the Collective is not COMPLETELY aware of its own interference in our lives, the impact that has, and the dangers to us thereof.

“Baffled” as it says it is, the Collective can and will be reprogrammed!

]]> By: Devil's Advocate http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16924/comment-page-1#comment-761162 Devil's Advocate Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:44:25 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16924#comment-761162 "...they datamine the heck out of the program and it’s users." Also my number one beef about social sites, and many others. It's as if all existing laws and attitudes surrounding the subject somehow just vanished one day! (They haven't!) It's the norm now for everyone to have to automatically "accept" that their information and surfing habits are being shared with everyone else. So much, so, that even ISPs are now playing with the idea - launching (illegal) info-gathering test runs "straight from the trusted source", without anyone's consent - and showing us how eager the Big Corporate Machine is to "claim" all things online, and how our rights and our wishes are no longer of any concern to it. (I'm sure we're all familiar with the Phorm/NebuAd/FillInYourOwn story by now.) For quite some time now, I've been monitoring and moderating all activity directed at my computer - cookies, scripts, whatever - as I refuse to cooperate with the Corporate Collective. “…they datamine the heck out of the program and it’s users.”

Also my number one beef about social sites, and many others.
It’s as if all existing laws and attitudes surrounding the subject somehow just vanished one day! (They haven’t!) It’s the norm now for everyone to have to automatically “accept” that their information and surfing habits are being shared with everyone else. So much, so, that even ISPs are now playing with the idea – launching (illegal) info-gathering test runs “straight from the trusted source”, without anyone’s consent – and showing us how eager the Big Corporate Machine is to “claim” all things online, and how our rights and our wishes are no longer of any concern to it. (I’m sure we’re all familiar with the Phorm/NebuAd/FillInYourOwn story by now.)

For quite some time now, I’ve been monitoring and moderating all activity directed at my computer – cookies, scripts, whatever – as I refuse to cooperate with the Corporate Collective.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16924/comment-page-1#comment-761022 Reader's Write Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:21:46 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16924#comment-761022 I have refused to sign up at any of these social networks. It's been no secret that they datamine the heck out of the program and it's users. They have enough traffic that all the spammers and scammers are now taking a look because of the traffic volumes. Plus as mentioned, employers are looking at such social sites as a source of info on potential employees. Why should I be willing to supply that? The social sites seem to have all sorts of predators lurking around for the unwary. Doesn't sound like my sort of place. I have refused to sign up at any of these social networks. It’s been no secret that they datamine the heck out of the program and it’s users. They have enough traffic that all the spammers and scammers are now taking a look because of the traffic volumes. Plus as mentioned, employers are looking at such social sites as a source of info on potential employees.

Why should I be willing to supply that? The social sites seem to have all sorts of predators lurking around for the unwary. Doesn’t sound like my sort of place.

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