Internet privacy

It seems like more people are catching on to me in a way though they point their fingers at only one person. I don't understand why we spend so much money on war. Maybe war had its place in history but there's no need for it now. You spend all this money just to kill people? How whacked is that?

 

I have always scoffed at the schooling system. They teach us a whole load of rubbish, and sometimes lies where History is concerned, over teaching us the important stuff, like banking, and how taxes work. It's almost like they want us to be educated but just to the point that they want us to be, if that makes any sense. Anybody would think that they didn't want us to truly succeed though.

Victor Leigh, I like your signature. Indeed, to change the world, then we do have to start with the children, which is why they poison and attack the minds of our children first.

Nickchick, the government's conduct certainly does nothing to put to rest the depopulation notion/rumors Also, you may be interested in looking into the Georgia Guidestones, which state the plans of these evil sadistic sociopaths as far as their goals and how they want the world to eventually be. The world is run by a group of sociopaths, and we all just follow even though we inherently feel that something is gravely wrong.

 

I think that as far as the internet being regulated, it depends on which country you live in? I know that places like Hong Kong and China have certain websites firewalled off by their government, which is shoddy in and of itself. But in general, the internet does seem to be a largely unregulated place. They seem to be tightening the screws but by it though, so I can't say how it will be in the future.

 

I definitely do support internet anonymity. I am a resident of Canada, and it's really saddening to see what our government is doing to remove this anonymity. There was a bill a while back that was pushing for authorities being able to look at your online records without a warrant, under the guise of "protecting us against child predators". Our minister of safety infamously said, "If you're not with us, you're with the child pornographers." It's ridiculous. How much different is it from having a camera in our home watching us 24/7, when the internet is such a big part of our lives now?

 

That's a weird thing to say. Perhaps he is talking about himself, or his friends. We don't need such people. Indeed, we don't need such people in public office. Get him out as soon as possible. Get someone else who is more mature.

 

I love every part of your post. It is absolutely spot on. The internet is a massive part of most people's lives these days. So of course the government are going to slowly chip away at our rights regarding using the internet, whether it pertains to what we are entitled to as far as privacy, or exploiting us to make more money. As I have mentioned in this thread previously, I am happy that child molesters and child sex offenders can be traced online. So there are two sides to this.

 

I am also happy to see this happening. However, this doesn't mean that the government should be given a carte blanche to track all our online activities. Personally, I believe that the internet should be self-regulating. We, the users of the internet, must take responsibility for making sure that the internet is safe for our children. We must report all suspicious activity as soon as we detect it. We cannot take the attitude that someone else will take responsibility. There is no someone else. It's us who have to take responsibility.

 

This reminds me of the "should they teach sex ed in schools" thing. Yes, of course we should be taking responsibility for our own children and making sure they're well armed, but the very real fact is, that parents are afraid of their kids and reality and teaching them much of anything. So, in this case, I totally agree.. we shouldn't be giving up our privacy because of the monsters on the internet.. parents should be stepping up. But they won't.. it's the sad truth. And I will gladly give up the privacy I barely need on here if it means saving even one child. I don't like it.. I like my privacy as much as the next person, but children get the short end of the stick in all aspects of life.. they aren't protected from their own parents, let alone strangers.. so I say go for it. I'll take privacy when you can separate the two issues.

 

Online privacy is an oxymoron. There is no such thing as online privacy. There are things that you can keep private online but the idea of surfing the web anonymously is not something that is real.
Once you turn the machine and connect to the internet you are exposed, it's the same as when you get into a car, you are exposed to the road and all of the dangers that could happen to you while you are driving your car. You need to be safe and vigilant!

Don't give out your Social Security number to anyone, keep your bank information in a safe place and only shop on-line with credible vendors. Follow the basic steps of internet safety and you'll be just fine.

 

I agree especially when the government doesn't always do a good job. If they were good at tracking then there wouldn't have been so many scammers on Ebay for example or online investments on various websites.

 

I know, and I whole-heartedly agree. But it is that classic Totalitarian Tip-toe technique that they use. They present us with the problem, we cry in outrage and demand that they come up with a solution, and then they provide us with a solution that furthers their own agenda to keep tabs on everyone. Like over here in the UK, we are the most watched country in the world when it comes to CCTV and cameras on the street. They told us that we needed it though, for our own safety, which is bullshit because half the time the camera footage is as fuzzy as all hell and doesn't do much to protect people or catch criminals. same thing with tapping phone lines - they've said that they need to do it to prevent terrorist threats in the US. Bullshit. The government are the terrorists!!!

 

I am usually more worried about stuff I don't want being put on my machine than internet privacy. For that, I use sandboxie. It's not perfect but it does give me a sense of security with sites I'm less sure about. If I start to think I'd like to hide my original IP address, I like security KSS VPN. The lowest level of it is free and gives me enough per day to get anything that I may want to do from a different IP address done. I also like low-tech solutions. If I think what I'm doing is questionable and start to get paranoid, I simply take an old tablet to public wifi. Later, I might even sell the tablet or trade it for something else that can access the internet on wifi.

 

I wouldn't go so far as to call the government a terrorist. I think they are just as much at a loss as everyone else when it comes to security. So, since they can do it, they just try to solve the problem with a blanket action. Like, they have no idea who to monitor, so they monitor everyone.

 

You wouldn't? I would. With a topic such as this, you must must must do your research!! There are mountains of proof to support that the US governments are terrorists, not even just in the traditional sense of the word. But in other ways too. That is exactly what they want people to think - that because they have no idea who to monitor, they just monitor everyone. That is false. It is not a blanket action, but a very calculated and manipulative process.

 

The way you put it, it sounds like the government in the UK is not accountable to anyone. If it's a totalitarian regime, I can see how that can happen. However, the last I checked, the UK has a government which can be changed. Or are you suggesting that there is a force even more powerful and even more pervasive than the government in the UK?

 

I am merely suggesting that you do your research on the topic. I have learned to simply state what I know on a topic such as this, and leave people to it

I am wondering why, in some countries, it is perfectly fine for piracy to happen online, and in other countries it isn't. I was talking to another user of this forum, and they informed me that they do not have strict online piracy laws, whereas over here we are losing more of our right to online 'privacy,' - whether we want to use it to pirate or not - as the days go by.

 

Of course laws change in each country, so what happens in one may be different in others, piracy matters being one of those topics.

I live in Colombia, and maybe it's because the government and the newspapers don't make much of a fuss about it, but I rarely see articles or news about piracy or piracy laws. I don't think they encourage it but I also don't think they have been actively trying to stop it. It's more like they...they simply don't think it's worth discussing too much.

If my memory serves me right, the latest article about piracy was about Piratebay, and it was mostly information about the legal problems one of the founders has, or something similar to that. It wasn't exactly an indicator of the state of piracy laws in Colombia.

 

Over here in the UK, where they are cracking down on piracy laws with an iron fist, we never hear about piracy laws whether they are based online or offline. The only way for you to find out is to actually visit websites that you had previously been able to access, and then when you click to visit them, they are no longer available. The page is branded with whatever ISP you use, and it tells you that your ISP has blocked the website. Piratebay getting blocked happened ages ago, and since then there have been a multitude of torrenting sites blocked.