Today, something seriously is going wrong, probably being monitored?

Tell me something i do not already know.
they are watching us rite know i bet,
they problely are getting a good laugh rite now
looking at this web site.

The eye's are upon us all!!

Well sirius $hit has hit the fan, two days straight, lots of weirdness in the same area of phone calls, people following etc.. its all good this time though, just unsure at what the HELL is going on.

Rodrigo

Almost everything of Microsoft origin today is used to spy on you and report back all kinds of data. Demographic, political leanings, what you shop for online, the kind of porn you look at, who you talk to, your emails, etc. etc.


They have terabytes of dirt on everybody. Why? Well, helps them to see what trends are going on in the world and react to them when they see them on the rise. This is information private companies have, but the public does not.


Imagine if you're Microsoft. In your web browser you have an "undocumented feature" that allows you to log every internet search. All your MS computers around the world report their searches back to you.


Lets say that in the time span of 1 week you notice that the search for a particular brand of jeans goes up 2%. You now have the opportunity to invest stock in the company selling that stuff.


This is a neat little way to keep making bundles of dough. Imagine if you could do it with hundreds of different companies all at the same time? Imagine if you could gather insider information from emails people don't realize are being read by machines programmed to look for keywords all the time? Wouldn't that make your investments less risky and more profitable.


And this is just the tip of the iceberg compared to what these guys have thought of by now.


Don't like this scenario? Switch to Linux.

[edit on 14-4-2008 by ianr5741]

linux or MAC?

Whats the opinion on MAC by people? I am considering switching over to that...

THX

Originally posted by brill
I think most of you are making mountains out of molehills. This type of post seems to pop up often. Ask yourself something. Do you honestly believe for a second that levels of government are that overly concerned with the average joe surfing a conspiracy site. No. More than likely your PC's are full of crap giving you the illusion that ATS is causing you Internet grief...

It's certainly not out of the realm of possibility though.

Awesome, awesome, awesome thread. This is the comedy I come to this site for. From 'Marty' calling (OMFG!) to a buggy computer (MUST BE CONSPIRACY!) to Google taking over the world this thread has it all. Thank you guys.

Originally posted by Tom Chambers
Awesome, awesome, awesome thread. This is the comedy I come to this site for. From 'Marty' calling (OMFG!) to a buggy computer (MUST BE CONSPIRACY!) to Google taking over the world this thread has it all. Thank you guys.

LOL, glad to be of service

Marty McFly

Originally posted by Im a Marty
linux or MAC?

I'd say you should at least try Linux, namely distros called Ubuntu or Kubuntu.

I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 on my ATS-browsing laptop, an old IBM Thinkpad T21 that I dug out of the electronics garbage bin at work and repaired, and have been Very Happy with it. Linux is free, and it has very good security against trojans, viruses or spyware. If you need your computer for e.g. browsing the Web, editing photos, doing office work with Excel/Word/Powerpoint, talking on Skype, playing music or just watching videos in different formats, Linux is an excellent choice. I use my Windows computers only when I have to use some certain CAD application or other specialized software that is currently not available to Linux.

I've also done some experimentation with a bit newer laptop, a Thinkpad T40. I installed Mac OS X to it (for purely experimental purposes) as I read it could actually be done... And it was indeed possible! The other OS in that computer is of course Ubuntu Linux as well, so I have plenty of choices to select from when I use that computer. Mac is nice, but so far I've preferred the option that really won't cost you anything -- Linux.

You can also try Linux without installing it. Just go to the Ubuntu home page, download a suitable CD image and burn it to CD. After that, just start your computer with the CD inside your drive, let the operating system boot from the CD and see for yourself if you can get accustomed to the user interface. You can install Ubuntu to the computer later if you wish, and you can also choose to use both Ubuntu and Windows in the same computer if you like. Just plug in your network cable and install all the needed wireless cards etc. before you start, the rest should go on pretty much automatically!

I'm starting to dislike Windows more and more, together with Linux getting better and better as it develops. I'm yet to hear of a virus or spyware that someone has found in a Linux computer. Or a Linux computer that needs a reinstall every month, six months or year after it stopped running... That alone is a good reason to try other alternatives to Windows.

I just hope Bill G. won't send unmarked black vans to follow me, now that I've revealed this great secret and obvious threat to Micro$oft!


[edit on 15.4.2008 by Doc Lithium]

Thats strange! 1 week ago the Ubuntu Distro arrived in the mail in cd/dvd (can't remember)

How would I make it so I don't stuff up my windblows *lol*...

Should I install VMWARE workstation and learn it first? or just go full steam ahead as another partition?

Thanks heaps for the suggestion.
Rodrigo

Be sure and get (with pemission) a recorded meeting with your ISP, the phone company and any others within reason you find involved. Have everything Documented. Then you can snuggle up with your beloved, and do what brings you both to your higher power. Put it in a higher state and know that all is in divine order.

You will be alright, this too shall pass...

Antar,

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

Peace
Rodrigo and Paulene