advanced technology?

No! No one is bothered by this.
But you know what really grinds my nerves? When people don’t vaccinate their kids and cause theirs and other kids to get sick! Don’t they care about their lives! How about Venishmartem me’od lenafshoseichem!?

And why does YWN have to test my math skills? Now they know, besides for my profile info, how well I can add. And that I’m supposedly human. Ha, I tricked those nosy robots…

Seriously though, the last couple of years, airliners have installed cameras in some of their entertainment systems, and no one complained till now. And likely nothing will change because the entertainment companies did it on their own, and supposedly it’s not actually recording.

The real issue is that with all the simultaneous threats, the little man doesn’t have too many options, or the time, inclination and know-how to keep himself secure. So we just give up.

Similarly, the privacy notices from companies were supposed to help keep our marketing data private, yet most people get inundated with these cards, and opt to simply trash it. So it’s just more regulation with zero benefit and more pollution.

I’m bothered by it. But I recognize that there’s little I can do. So I try my best. Most of my browsing is on incognito mode. I don’t use my real name on any social media. I buy from a variety of online and brick+mortar retailers. I never use store credit cards.

Basically, as long as you’re happy living like it’s 1998, you have nothing to worry about.

You can’t live like it’s 1998 because the 1998 world isn’t available to live in.

Writer: From the fact that you address me here, using my screen name, I surmise that despite the fact that Iv’e been around here for about eight years already, no one here besides a few individuals gained access to my personal information. Neither my birthday. Not even my SS#!

I have a niggling feeling that the world out there is not so interested in me. Actually I did a google search of my name (real one, the one you DON’T KNOW) and NOTHING showed up!! No, I’m not a ‘macher’ and don’t try to be. So I’m not such a “household name”. At all. Also, I’m sensible, I post and publish what’s sensible, what I feel is safe, and keep the rest to myself. I’m not really sure the world out there needs to know what and how much I ate for supper last night (or EVERY NIGHT), who my friends are, or what my gory hobbies are.

There’s a slight difference between being cautious and paranoid. <<HEY SHIMON, YOUR FACE LOOKS…>>

OISH… (and gosh too!!)

That last line was supposed to be a joke (OH! + duh!). Like something of a MOD coming out and saying that he/she actually sees me, sees my face. (and knows my name is Shimon!) How I love dissecting jokes..

And now to that line about me being a shikel (piece) of a musician…
Actually I am. Right. Just a piece. And no.. while a lot of people have heard me… no such pictures circulate on the web with my name associated. Nobody is actually interested in snooping my out of “hiding”. בתוך עמי אנכי יושבת. Nothing big or interesting,,, At all.

I may have dropped HERE some hints of drops of specifics… still my anonymousity remains to this day (and a thank you to the mods for keeping it that way).

So I actually don’t care if google records how many times I buy from Walmart. Or which brand tissues I prefer. I recently checked the tissue boxes thru and thru – no hidden devices, electronical chemical or biological included. Same with all my Walmart purchases. I sent all the stuff thru a body scanner, a magnetic scanner, an x-ray scanner. They all return negative, so my stuff is still (as of now) safe from bugs, transmitters, mics and cameras.

LF: you seemingly missed the part about new entertainment systems on airplanes fitted with cameras that can record you during your flight. And I believe you travel on airplanes. The airliners claim not to have recorded with it yet, and that they didn’t request its installation. But it’s still there, and likely hackable. And guess what, the airlines have your name and identification.

Additionally, even if your musical hobby is low key, it just takes one person to identify you on a video clip or photo, and then potentially link it to other footage out there. Again, hopefully no one is interested in you, but criminals can and do pick on random people. A good example of random targeting is identity theft, which is really pervasive.

I once googled a sheitel macher I was considering as I needed her telephone number. Instead I got the Simcha site photo of her and her husband. It sort of shook me up. This is the world our kids are getting NOW, even if we ourselves may have missed this specific boat.

(B”H we managed to avoid this with our married kids so far. But it took effort to almost ban cell phone photos – we were the exceptions – at their engagements. And other family members that couldn’t attend weren’t exactly happy about it. We only forwarded photos to close family we had to and REALLY trusted. But even with all our efforts, there were really no guarantees.)

Mammele: Actually when I walk in the streets people look (peer, peek, snoop) at me. There’s really no need to take (r”l) a picture of me! And even if I’d be sitting in an airplane (not in the cockpit), people all around will (again, heaven forfend) look (stare, peer, peek or even snoop) at me. So an additional camera peek should be no worse. As long as something’s not invading my privacy, why should I, or anyone else, care. Anything in the public I should suppose is, um, public. No?

Ye, there’s a wealth of information out there. The World Wide Web IS world wide, encompassing much. Entering someone’s name, phone number or email address can get you limited info or even a picture. You know what? A massive phone book can do the same!!!

And Writer: <<ATTEMPTING TO BUZZ WRITER ON SECRET DEVICE>> If you did not feel a buzzing sensation from your floor, it’s an indication that YW has as yet NOT been able to infiltrate your home… You may continue breathing for the unforeseeable future <<DON’T LOOK AT YOUR CEILING… CHEESE!>>

Hey, how’d you find out my name? I sanitized, disinfected, sterilized and decontaminated my Coffee Room Response Lab. All bugs, cameras, mics, transmitters, and microscopic spying and snooping apparatus should have been zapped useless.

ps you can be sure I knew who it was directed to. It was a meek attempt at humor.

Everything is on the Internet. Even things like yearbooks or newspapers which were printed before the Internet was invented. Poland, Romania and other countries are putting their archives online. court records are online. That means if someone has been arrested or convicted, that information is online. Forever. So it is foolish for anyone to claim that they are impervious.