food for thought my fellow worker ants..

[noggythenog]

Im always perfectly aware of how "out there" my electronic information actually is.....personally im not that bothered.....as soon as we realise that we arent quite as free as most of us think then we can sit back, relax, have a beer & continue posting nonsense......there's nothing i put online that i wouldn't stand face to face with either an individual or the law and stand up for.






We all buy these phones so unless we start saying that we dont want all these tracking aids then they'll keep making them.......but there are lots of genuine uses for them...maps, tracking runs, apps that warn when a biker crashes, hotel directories on the go, shopping while on the train, finding (nosing on) friends & family......police can track phones of missing persons & punish idiots who text & drive by checking logs....there are vast uses for such technologies......the many radicalised individuals living amongst us would be silly to use smart phones but some of them will and that will mean some of them at least are found....& then theres drug dealers & the kiddy fiddlers & internet trolls.....all unable to hide so easy due to their electronic presence.








But ye we gotta be careful for our own selfish reasons like fun because like ogri suggests it may not be too long before our every move out on the roads "could" be followed & yep perhaps that old chestnut of checking action cams could eventually extend to checking the logger on someones own smart phone......but even if we dont buy said phones then it "could" not be too long before data loggers in vehicles are made compulsory so i say enjoy what freedom we have while we have it as it may not be there in future....ive been toying with just buying an emergency phone for the bike with a battery activating pull tab...just a basic mobile...enough to make an emergency call...i dont need any more than that.....but if i vanish off the face of the earth during a solo ride it will be harder for anyone to determine where i could have gone.....but then again i usually switch my phone off as it drains the battery so quick so im prob not detectable anyway....& ive gotta weigh the risks....am i really likely to vanish....no.








& intercepting data is hardly a modern thing is it....ever since radio signals were transmitted then they were also detected...radar, voice comms, data have always been hoovered up....even earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos are monitored.








& im quite greatful that my spending habits are monitored...saves foccing about...."we thought youd like these gloves"....spot on....i do...& i need a set.....bought.....time saved....result...happy days......plus my bank knows when a suspicious purchase pops up....& they tell me....cheers bank!.








& real big brothers would watch your back...they would help you out when you were in a tight spot........or give you a chinese burn......see how much this big brother helps you out when you are in a scrape......exactly........surveillance & monitoring that's all it is....big brother is an older sibling or a tv show....the very mention of it winds me up a bit as it is simplifying something that needs no simplifying.








We are not being watched......but if required we could be quite easily.