[Mind's Eye] Re: the cloud

I quite like the idea of the cloud and would pay a small fee
additional to my ISP for basic programs and storage. This never seems
to be on offer.

On Oct 20, 12:52 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know , I still like my privacy.
> Allan
>  On Oct 20, 2011 11:54 AM, "Molly" <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I had the same experience with Google, Alan, when I signed up for
> > Google+.  It put all of the information and images I had ever given
> > google into my profile, which included hundreds of images etc from my
> > blogs.  All without a choice of any kind from me.  It took me quite
> > awhile to go back and undo it all but it was possible and I was
> > thankful for that because many of the images required permission for
> > use.
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> > It seems to be part of the new online semantics and it completes our
> > participation in the age of ethics and gives us that "in your face
> > "transparency" that is the new reality, whether we like it or not.  We
> > got an inkling of it when our phones became photo and video capable,
> > and there was no longer a private conversation that could not be
> > document and proliferated online.  The new range of semantics takes
> > the sum total of our online activity and adds it to the rest of
> > humanity.  The data that can be pulled is staggering, not just on an
> > individual, but on society as a whole.  We have just begun to look and
> > will be looking for quite some time, perhaps until the data becomes
> > meaningless.
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> > I used to tell my kids that our best moral gauge is this:  don't do
> > anything you would't want everyone else to know about.  It usually got
> > a laugh.  What they did not understand at the time is that, in the
> > long run, it is the moral perspective that allows the view of unity
> > consciousness - I AM everyone, and its OK that everyone knows
> > everything.
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> > While divorcing my first husband I had a PI following me for months.
> > I quickly learned - who cares?  This guy must be really bored.  I hope
> > he makes good money for that.  If we have something to hide,
> > ultimately, we are only trying to hide from ourselves.  Just won't
> > work.  We take the final journey alone.  I suspect, after sitting with
> > my brother during his, that we face our data then with some sort of
> > soul process.  No hiding.  The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a
> > fascinating read in that regard.
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> > On Oct 20, 5:05 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > * **I *updated my iPod last night only to find they were doing everything
> > > in their power to force me into the cloud. (online that  is)..  I have
> > > looked at the concept now for several years..  it is interesting  but I
> > > decided a long time ago I really did not want involved.
> > > When I updated my iPod apple had forced it upon me..  after removing all
> > my
> > > files and pissing me off, It brought me to the realization,, Apple is not
> > > really my choice except maybe if it is organic.  in the process of
> > > recovering my missing programs and files  I came to the conclusion that
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> > > is not a free service,, but a deliberate hook and bait using your
> > > photographs  as the bait and and the automatic wifi download as the line
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> > > real unsuspecting clients in.. constantly having to buy more space and
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> > > renew that space every or lose your files.
> > > I am not sure the best way to deal with this invasion   or even if it is
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> > > active imagination and paranoia
> > > Allan
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> > > --
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> > >   )
> > > |_D Allan
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> > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.

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