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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  but then I'd have to kill you. Highly classified. *this message will self destruct in 5 seconds*

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  I have a gut feeling you are a detective. Would I be right?But not that I would hold that against you

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  beebs

  11 years ago

  It would be an interesting job if it was how it was on tv (I'm enjoying Elementry), but nope not a detective.

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  is the reason I am not on FB or other social media sites, much to the annoyance of many of my family and friends. I always try to keep my private information private.   Technology is a wonderful thing but it can open you up to so much harm as well, if you don't take steps to protect yourself. Not to sound too negative but with personal information out there you are open to fraud of all kinds including identity theft, burgulary (when announcing to the world when you are away), invasion of privacy, stalking....the list goes on. It is more common than you think.   Out of curiosity one day I googled my daughter's name and was horrified to find out so much private information about her and even some private conversations she has had through various sites she has visited. Once posted and sent off into the land of the cloud it cannot be retrieved. Maybe I'm just paranoid! LOL   SF

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  I saw what an IT guru could do with social networking sites while working and it scared the living crap out of me. For some, connecting the dots is not very difficult and the amount of personal information that can be gleaned is often extensive. I got to join more dots after the IT guy joined his for us and that is why I am not on FB. That's just me though, most of my family are on FB and other social networking sites and love it.

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  beebs

  11 years ago

  We seem so intent on wanting to share but generally on our own terms. One of the reasons that FB cops so much flak is that that seem to continuously change the rules. But of course it isn't just social media, mobile phone location, shopper loyalty schemes (I always wonder whether I am messing with some data collector's head when I swap to Kleenex toilet paper after a year of Sorbent use?)

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  Has it's place.It's not difficult to join the dots, as justforfunisall says, anyone with half a brain can navigate the web and put two and two together. It disturbs me when people say "IT guru" or the like, similar to when people say ask the kid's, they know everything about computers. They only know what they know.Just a heads up for those that are interested, anything that is posted on the net is there forever, cached away in a repository to be unearthed whenever required. Either by stealth or by accident.

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  cheers123

  11 years ago

  yes it is an interesting fact i agree Beebs with you on FB ... it staggers me to this day that people are so explicit on there very day functions and have to express this via a social media such as FB ..... i myself don't have this particularly for the reason of a few things... namely one of invasion of privacy, it is another form of Big brother watching your every move ........ but when the shit hits the fan ... you are knowing with a click of the button on your every move with the authorities ......... is totally recorded. and yes your right what is then the next big thing, good question? ... something that will make millions for some young person (and good on them) it is called progress wouldn't you say? or is it called opportunism for someone who thinks outside the preferable box.Nothing is really in secret .......... all is known really by every man and his dog as the saying goes ..... but you know what this is done by the person themselves...... by displaying their every more to all and sundry....... in the first place via FB or other social media........so what do anyone else think?

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  Quoting 'beebs' It would be an interesting job if it was how it was on tv (I'm enjoying Elementry), but nope not a detective. Oh? I thought it would be more interesting being a detective in real life?

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  yankmychain56

  11 years ago

  I have been playing around on here ( showing my age), since 26k modems and bulletin boards were up. I am talking a 'large' network of 500 people. What really throws me is seeing kids in a room texting each other instead of talking. The impersonal world we live in today is why there is so much violence. People do not interact with each other any more. As far as privacy, it is GONE when you get online. Just recently they found out the NSA in the states didn't just tap suspected terrorists phones, they tapped EVERYONES phones. Supposably they dumped all non threatening stuff but did they? If you decide you want to run for political office, rest assured somebody out there will dig up all your dirty laundry here on RHP and hang it out for all to see. This stuff can take over your life. Sometimes it is best to push yourself away from the computer, turn off your cell phone, and just listen to the world around you.

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