Privacy as they say, is dead, but
it's still a little galling to note all the ways people keep devising to kick
its deteriorating corpse.
Take this new free app I read
about. It can track and map all of your social media contacts. Every time any
of those contacts checks in on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media sites
you can see their location on a map.
And get this, that's whether those
folks want you to see them or not. If that sounds creepy, I agree. Especially
when you consider that those contacts actually friended you to begin with.
How'd you like to look in your
car's rearview mirror and see one of your supposed friends following you
wherever you go, even to that exotic dance place. How long do you think they
would stay a friend? Since the app is "free" that means it will be
paid for by ads placed in your social media pages. No doubt for even more
stalking products.
Another article I read pointed out
that the NSA could highjack your computer's camera and microphone jack to see
and hear what's going on in your home or office. Or bedroom if you left your
laptop on the nightstand. Hope the spouse hasn't enrolled in a pole dancing
class to spice up your married life. A lap dance next to the laptop is a no no.
Anyhow, the article said Russians
and teenage hackers could do the same thing. The author recommended using the
same low tech solution I've been using and being teased about by my less
paranoid friends for years; cover your camera lens with a sticker.
Then cut off an old headphone plug
and stick it into your microphone jack so they can't hear you, um,
"dancing" either.
America, ya gotta love it.
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