tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post4307258350587133140..comments2024-03-15T15:44:03.015-07:00Comments on Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes: FACEBOOK- CRIME, MANIPULATION and FREEDOM Tom Cochrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-74273045063389859492018-03-22T05:23:22.163-07:002018-03-22T05:23:22.163-07:00I'm one of those FB users. When I first joined...I'm one of those FB users. When I first joined I was ”all in” as they say. I found myself in political, religious, and social dialog. Oh the political ”discussions!” As time went on and Trump became the everyday conversation, I became less and less involved. I began deleting friends that I really didn't want to follow anymore as they were bringing me down so to speak. My FB use now is family, art and music. That has brought me lots of joy.<br /><br />Has and is my information being mined, sold, used? Of course. The only way to truly stop it is to delete your account. The same goes for Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and the like. Your info is and continues to be mined. There is no free lunch. If one subscribes to any of these social media programs ”they” know who you are, what you like and don't like.<br /><br />I read an article about the stress level of those twitter followers exceeds that of none twitter followers in that they are constantly bombarded with political tweets of those they follow, much like FB I suppose if one uses FB for political reasons. <br /><br />So for me, I stay away from twitter and snap chat. I've picked my poison and its FB and some Instagram. At 71, they already know who I am, where I live, my politics, that I like Crosby, Stills and Nash, art and I don't like Trump. <br /><br />The only way to protect yourself is absolutely disconnect from all social media. Maybe I will and maybe I wont. For now I just enjoy how I choose to use it. They already know who I am...<br /><br />Jim Cahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02559280517119584822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-89388581061233598222018-03-21T23:17:11.397-07:002018-03-21T23:17:11.397-07:00"Doesn't the concept of predictive polici..."Doesn't the concept of predictive policing sound as though it needs sober human oversight?" Tom, I believe you've just described a self-driving Uber.<br /><br />When Facebook appeared, several friends pressured me, pleasantly enough, to enroll. I finally distilled my excuse down to 'I don't think it would be good for me'. Good conscientious people fired back that it'd be a good way to stay in touch with friends and relatives. Well, didn't we have email for that? Didn't we have telephones? Reminds me of being a Unitarian in the '60s. Leary would come to conferences, and no, I didn't take LSD --why? Because I didn't think it would be good for me. Sobriety is not my constant state of mind, but I want it to be there when I need it. Facebook had all the earmarks of psychological addiction and few stayed away.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-16733690623410296122018-03-21T21:45:52.146-07:002018-03-21T21:45:52.146-07:00Hi Tom, I am on Facebook but use it very little. ...Hi Tom, I am on Facebook but use it very little. My wife's involvement is in being able to stay in touch with the kids, and several young ones connect there. She also gets most of her news there and reminds me that the local paper posts so why should we have to pay for a subscription? Well, in some cases it's really essential, like with the WSJ or NYT or special interest publications that plumb the depths of politics, psycholgy, media etc. We get a lot of magazines around here...you know how I feel about Trump and his minions, a disaster for our relations with allies Mexico and Canada, and a disaster for our constitutional liberties. He will no doubt be deemed one of the worst presidents ever, and impeachment looks increasingly likely with his obstructions of justice.<br />And yes, it's scary when clever hucksters can hijack what's left of our democracy by outright stealing people's (relatively) private information...greenest1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03871899311579366050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-6687000799591155052018-03-21T18:10:26.227-07:002018-03-21T18:10:26.227-07:00People don't seem to realize that facebook'...People don't seem to realize that facebook's product, what they sell, is you. <br /><br />A self driving car killed a woman over the weekend. Who is responsible? The computer, the dispatcher, the programmers or UBER's executives?Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854309313920685901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-8819712809756795422018-03-21T17:42:18.472-07:002018-03-21T17:42:18.472-07:00Recent news has really made me want to break loose...Recent news has really made me want to break loose of facebook, google, amazon, and apple. But it's one of those traps made so that by the time you realize it's a trap, you're already too far in. <br /><br />And it couild get a lot worse,actually. I've only had a smart phone for about 3 months, but my phone guesses where I am about to go BEFORE I TURN MY CAR ON with about 98% accuracy. <br /><br />Imagine tying that in with ads. It knows I'm headed to Kroger, after all.<br /><br />Holy moly, though, this stuff is scary. Harry Hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176265571549991218noreply@blogger.com