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Originally Posted by Ravensknight
It has been brought to my attention recently [by my wife] that I might be a bit on the paranoid side when it comes to wireless devices.
I just setup our first wireless router last month so she could use her laptop without an ethernet cable. For years I had simply run cables everywhere.
My superpad tablet, I barely use the wifi on it. Maybe on the occasional Saturday on the couch to read Mobileread.
My bluray player is the non-wireless version. [not that our 'net connection speed is great enough to stream movies].
Our 505's our wireless and even when we get some T1's [they were on sale for WICKED cheap, so how could I resist, even with other needs screaming for our money?] I will NOT be using the wireless option. At least, I don't think so.
So yes, I know I'm paranoid. And yes, I know that Cylons aren't real  .
But I want to know, does anyone else feel the need to obsessively keep info constrained? |
I keep a "sterile" machine and a "dirty" machine for the internet. I swap with a KMV switch. No problem. I don't fear the usual suspects as much as I fear the marketers. My music playlists and book reading lists and video watching lists are my business, not some <bleeping> marketers. So I don't have wifi on my gadgets, nor do I want it. If I can't sideload data, I don't get it, period.
Harsh? I suppose so, but I'm happy.
I also don't buy "phone home" software, period. I bought a Toshiba thrive tablet and shelved it. Even the "free" software made you "phone home" by giving out your e-mail address. That's none of your business. I'll stay with my netbook, thank you. (Assuming I carry anything at all. Y'all ever heard of a map? Or planning ahead?)
(Fizzy Water and I are just good friends....)