OMG I BEEN HAXED!!!!

[Pissed_Macman]

I had no idea Windows can see what I'm doing even when I'm using a Mac!!11 OMG OMG H3Lp m3!!!

[pofnlice]

I realize the whole point is personal privacy...but doesn't this add seem to be directly targetting people who do illegal things???  Other than just the privacy violation...why worry if someone saw what you looked at if it's legal???  (not trying to play down the privacy issue, just think they could reword that so it doesn't sound so much like a criminal tool).  And why would a MAC user get that anyway???

[slave]

Read the book 1984 and you'll see why privacy is immensely important, even if you aren't a criminal.

Funny ads by the way, macman.

[ November 10, 2003: Message edited by: Linux User #5225982375 ]

[pofnlice]

I read the book 1984 in 1982     It's not that I don't understand the privacy issue...I'm just saying why would you advertise it as if everyone is doing something wrong???  There are peeps who go to work and use their puters in a way that wouldn't get them fired, because they are honest!!!

[slave]

I think everyone agrees that they tend to act differently if they know they are being watched. For instance, would you masterbate if you thought someone was watching you through a camera? It's not a crime to jerk off (at least in most places) yet most people would have a big problem with some stranger watching them do it. Likewise, would you visit an anti-government site if you thought that some FBI agent was logging your activity? If you were a girl and were worried that you were pregnant, would you feel comfortable looking up
pregnancy information at the public library with librarians watching over your shoulder?

Anyway, there are some things people don't see as "wrong" like ordering sex toys online, etc. -- but you wouldn't necessarily want your boss or some random person knowing about it.

[slave]

By the way if you work for a company that has a internet use policy (most do) then it's fine for them to monitor what you do -- BUT ONLY WHILE YOU ARE THERE.  I think these dumb ads are targetted at home users.

[Pissed_Macman]

quote:And why would a MAC user get that anyway???

I don't know, but if they sent it to me that means I must need it!!  :eek:

[mobrien_12]

quote:Originally posted by AmericanBastard:
I realize the whole point is personal privacy...but doesn't this add seem to be directly targetting people who do illegal things???

Not necessarily illegal.

Remember the south park episode where Butters' Dad got hooked on internet gay porn?  Not illegal... but it freaked out Butters' mom pretty good.

[pofnlice]

Gotcha...IC The implications now...maybe I should sweep the necropedifecalphelia stuff from my machine  

[pofnlice]

by the way...before anyone asks...that would be a person who has a fetish with pooping on dead peoples feet  

[Laukev7]

Actually, a more correct term would be 'necrocopropodophilia'.

[ November 11, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]

[istruthfull]

"Desired privacy doesn't mean having something to hide, it just means choosing who you share with."
 People should be very carefull not to be brainwashed in giving up simple freedoms, they are next to impossible to get back.

[pofnlice]

leave it to laukev...wait...how did you know about that???  And don't give me any of that "I looked it up" stuff either!!!
J/K

[Laukev7]

Don't bother looking it up, I invented it. It's just putting Greek ethymology together. 'copro' means 'faeces', and the Greek word for 'foot' is 'podo'. 'pedi' is a Latin word. You always use Greek words whenever you use the term 'phobia'.

[dumbassnemesis]

OMG UPGrADe to Microsoft Windows Gibson Mainframe edition for xtra security.