Big Brother!
Apr. 21st, 2016 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdehnersSo, I'm over at Winn Dixie getting the usual supplies for a house whose occupants all came down with a Spring Cold and the lady behind me told me I shouldn't have gotten one of those "Reward Cards" because it allows the company and gov't to spy on you.
As I've said to conspiracy devotees since the 70's, "I don't CARE. I PITY anyone who was assigned to watch/listen to me". The few things I've done that were Illegal(well, except be Gay in some of the states I lived in;>)were soooo low on the police's "to do" list that I've not worried(well, maybe at the time when a touch of chemical-induced Paranoia kicked in;>).
There's a wonderful bit on one of the 'Welcome to Nightvale' podcasts where one of the town'sfolk feels so bad for the "Man In Black" who documents his boring life that he goes out to the unmarked van and gives them fresh Baked goods. He also asks if it would help if he occasionally babbled some Conspiracy BS;>....
No, Privacy is not a joke but considering the MUCH WORSE ways and MUCH WORSE folks that most of your personal data goes to a supermarket tracking that you prefer generic "Nyquil" to the name brand isn't going to lead to 1984. "Orangina" might, however.....
Cheers,
Pat
As I've said to conspiracy devotees since the 70's, "I don't CARE. I PITY anyone who was assigned to watch/listen to me". The few things I've done that were Illegal(well, except be Gay in some of the states I lived in;>)were soooo low on the police's "to do" list that I've not worried(well, maybe at the time when a touch of chemical-induced Paranoia kicked in;>).
There's a wonderful bit on one of the 'Welcome to Nightvale' podcasts where one of the town'sfolk feels so bad for the "Man In Black" who documents his boring life that he goes out to the unmarked van and gives them fresh Baked goods. He also asks if it would help if he occasionally babbled some Conspiracy BS;>....
No, Privacy is not a joke but considering the MUCH WORSE ways and MUCH WORSE folks that most of your personal data goes to a supermarket tracking that you prefer generic "Nyquil" to the name brand isn't going to lead to 1984. "Orangina" might, however.....
Cheers,
Pat
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Date: 2016-04-21 04:48 pm (UTC)I do refuse to get the Walgreen's card. It's bad enough they know my address, I don't want to give them any excuse to mail spam to it. And of course I pay cash, so they don't know where I bank.
The supermarket cards are pretty powerless if you don't give them your real name/address (and again, pay cash). One of the many reasons I liked Albertson's was that the manager of the local branch in Santa Clara pressed a blank card into my hand one day when I was shopping after work. Of course then the California Albertson's stores got bought out by some outfit that closed half the stores - including that one - stopped carrying most of my staples, and renamed the chain Lucky's. Storied name in Calif. or not, we stopped going. At Safeway I use a second card in the housemate's name; she forgot it one time. (We were previously just throwing the card from one person to the other, which is what we still do at Nob Hill.) And I haven't registered my damned magnetic bus pass in my name; I'll be out an additional $5 if I lose it but the creepy Valley Transit Authority can't attach my comings and goings to a name.)
The sad thing is, that person is probably on Assbook.
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Date: 2016-04-21 06:48 pm (UTC)Cheers,
Pat