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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Perhaps we should start building all public rest rooms with transparent walls. Perhaps people would then understand why I feel violated knowing my phone can be tapped and my mail can be inspected for no good reason.
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Personally, I know that but I'm not terribly upset.
I've had discussions elsewhere with members of the tin foil hat crowd, who are firmly convinced that Microsoft is in league with the NSA to leave back doors in Windows so the Feds can snoop on their machines. All I can say is "You
wish you were important enough that anyone in power would
bother to snoop on your machine!"
Because that's what's really bothering them. They're powerless. They aren't important. They don't
matter. Nobody
cares what they think.
Classical paranoia is a defense mechanism against underlying feelings of insignificance and unimportance. If you can concoct a fantasy in which "they" are out to get you, you're
important! You
matter! Someone cares enough to go through the trouble of trying to get you!
Hey!
I'm not important.
I don't matter. With the exception of family and a few close friends, nobody cares what
I think. And that suits me just fine. Anonymous people keeping a low profile have far greater freedom of movement.
I doubt anyone could snoop on my machine without physically entering my premises and sitting down at it. If they do
that. I've got bigger problems than potential exposure of personal information. But the government, at least, has no reason to try. There aren't that many folks who would do such a thing, and they all have much more important targets.
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Dennis