Freedom of Information

[Barty]

Originally Posted by cromag

Mimeographs -- the "copy machine" of my grammar school!

Now that I think about it, my teachers were a bunch of pirates.

[Fat Abe]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

That's one reason (not the only one) old paranoids make certain that a lot of their gadgets don't have Internet access. You can't hack/track what you can't see....

Unless a paranoid is completely off the internet, even a casual comment in a forum, or a transfer on a single connected computer, can trigger the government to break down your door and seize your computers. Even a neighbor or friend's comments about subversive or illegal activities can lead to an invasion of your home. The problem with sneakernet among friends is that all it takes is one friend ratting out another on threat of prosecution, to break the ring.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by Fat Abe

Unless a paranoid is completely off the internet, even a casual comment in a forum, or a transfer on a single connected computer, can trigger the government to break down your door and seize your computers. Even a neighbor or friend's comments about subversive or illegal activities can lead to an invasion of your home. The problem with sneakernet among friends is that all it takes is one friend ratting out another on threat of prosecution, to break the ring.

The question is not the risks one voluntarily takes, but the ones he/she has no control (or even awareness of).

[Freeshadow]

In other words; too late:

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/16/op...html?c=&page=1

[jonericardo]

Originally Posted by androidrooting

The technology nowadays are far more strict. Even a simple sharing of files may lead you to jail. This is how strict internet can be

I am agree with you and I think that is what we can have pros and cons of it.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by Freeshadow

In other words; too late:

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/16/op...html?c=&page=1

Correct, but you have as much privacy as you are willing to pay for. And I don't necessarily mean in money, but in inconvenience...

Example, nobody can track my music tastes, except what I choose to make public. Why? I listen to it on a sterile (no internet connection) computer, or a small music player with no internet access. And I only buy CD's (from a used shoppe) for cash. It's away from the prying eyes for Corporate Big Brother, but it's inconvenient...