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Originally posted by pirhanna
While I am a serious advocate of privacy and online privacy, I've been working the internet since I had to type everything into a dos format - and today's internet is VASTLY superior.
That's like your grandfather saying it was better without electricity cuz no one bothered you. just my 2 cents.
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
I'm split on this.. been around since the early days, and seen the net grow and expand to the wonder it is today.
But to be honest I prefer the characters from back when I started, which certainly never gave me the feeling that I needed to hide and it certainly did not feel filled with the nastiness that todays net is, or the need to protect oneself from that.
But then again all the net is doing is reflecting our current society..
edit on 19/1/11 by thoughtsfull because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Blazer
There is no way to "hide" on the internet. If "they" want to see what you are doing, they can, no matter what safeguards you take, even if they have to resort to Van Eck Phreaking from a utility truck parked outside your house.