tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post4657253090529413550..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Gramping Cramping BloggingStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-54978428203508894382016-02-17T14:28:51.950-09:002016-02-17T14:28:51.950-09:00Jacob, Living in Thailand back in the 60s with ele...Jacob, Living in Thailand back in the 60s with electricity, but no glass or screen in the windows, running water from a hose outside, I learned how much technology was unnecessary. I tend to pick those things I really want because they help me do what I need to do better, and leave the rest. So I have my MacBook (but I'm still on Yosemite), write my blog, use Photoshop, have an old cell phone, a bike I use more than my 19 year old car. The picture ban comes from the kids. Whether it's futile to fight or whether they are part of a vanguard that will effectively push back on invasive technology is yet to be known. At the very least, as I argued in my dissertation long ago, we have to keep access to the info equal, so people like, back then, J. Edgar and Kissinger, didn't have one way access. They have to be equally vulnerable. And maybe hackers will make that possible. The tools of oppression are all in place and we've set ourselves up willingly, even eagerly. So, I hear you, but I also learned that I can do without a lot of things. I also realize one day I'll probably have no choice but to have a phone that can track my every movement. Maybe I'll start raising pigeons then. But, my friend, your view is far more prevalent than mine. Perhaps it will be the billions who can't afford gps tracking phones who will lead the revolution. <br /><br />And I hear your resigned regrets about grandkids. And I almost feel guilty for posting about mine. Not ever knowing any of my grandparents, I didn't know until now, how much I missed. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-16859161566557144742016-02-17T05:01:06.008-09:002016-02-17T05:01:06.008-09:00"Cramping requires paying attention" -- ..."Cramping requires paying attention" -- actually, I've always found cramping gets my attention and I can pay attention to naught else!<br /><br />Lovely post: you are in love with your little grandchild and you portray it superbly: it's not cramping your blabbing (auto correct! -- s.b. blogging) at all!Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-16135304282854478182016-02-16T22:15:14.008-09:002016-02-16T22:15:14.008-09:00Steve, about face recognition and all that. It'...Steve, about face recognition and all that. It's a new world of non-privacy. Hey, what's not to like? And soon enough, your grandchildren will be posting their pics on so many devices of sharing their lives, you'll have to laugh at the days you agreed to their invisibility.<br /><br />I know, their choice. Not yours. But I will say it: It's hopeless. Give up. One would have to be unplugged to not have data collected on their life now. <br /><br />Me? I have a phone that I cannot have the services I want without agreeing to have any number of data-aggregators collect my every move by GPS each and every moment 0f every day. My transit card is tracked. All my on-line and in-store data is collected and sold. All my searches, all my phone calls, all my international mail, is recorded and retrievable for a court of law or any other number of government and non-government purposes. We have items in our homes that will respond to voice command (and when are they 'off'?|. We'll do away with all cash and from that point all transactions will be immediately known. Our images are captured several hundred times a day in London due to ubiquitous CCTV originally placed during the Troubles, now so handy for catching the garden-variety burglar in our homes.<br /><br />You and your family are fighting a war that cannot and will not go to the opt-out. It won't be allowed. <br /><br />And hey, all the best. And so good to hear you're having a great time seeing life in your grandkids. Good stuff. What I wish our lives could have held but was denied because of timing as a gay couple and ancient prejudice.<br /><br />But that's rain in your happiness. Not my intention, but my loss. Be well, friend.Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com