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Originally Posted by techweenie
If you guys are afraid of 'monster' companies, check out Facebook. I've read that it has the ability to access your computer's microphone and compile background sounds to create data about your media consumption. That means it can also 'hear' conversations, etc. Not that they would ever do that.
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I use a piece of paper and blue tape for the camera on my devices, but going to town with a soldering iron and needle is still not out of the question.
Beeswax seems to be gaseous and free flowing these days with no way of stopping it. Corporations sell violations of privacy to the public as going back to the 'small village' type of culture where everyone knows your name, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Good old henny penny Maude now has been given keys to your house, and you'll find her up in the attic or in the closet or hovering over the dinner table or under your bed.
Facebook privacy is a quintessential Milgram experiment.
People will accept or do anything as increasingly normalized behavior, given the proper conditioning.