So is the NSA security leaker a hero, villian or both?

[redsamurai]

Ummm.. No he's unfortunately right with some of the stuff. Google is at the head of this. Ray kurzweil talks how we will merge with machines in the future. Don't think it's far fetched. .

yeah he's one of em for sure. Dude's ultimate goal in life is to use DNA from his dead father to bring him back to life and the two of them can live forever. I really can't extrapolate on that as I can't wrap my head around it, but it came out of his mouth verbatim soooo.....

Google seems to think very highly of him at least.

 

[jnevin]

Sorry mate but these are talks being given by top people in their respective fields. These talks are also being shown at and attended by the top business programs in the country. I personally don't like those people but do the math when they can charge $6,000 a ticket for some of those talks. What these people are saying there "is" infact where technology is headed there's no question about it. And they're the ones pushing it there.

Citationings plz?

 

[jnevin]

yeah he's one of em for sure. Dude's ultimate goal in life is to use DNA from his dead father to bring him back to life and the two of them can live forever. I really can't extrapolate on that as I can't wrap my head around it, but it came out of his mouth verbatim soooo.....

Google seems to think very highly of him at least.

waltdisneyoldnewswhat?

 

[jnevin]

The irony of this conversation taking place on this website is hilarious.

Corporations owe us nothing. We agree to give them money for whatever service or good they provide, and they make note of it in the form of a receipt. That's a contract. You have no rights and there isn't anything promised to you other than what you asked for, what was delivered, and if you payed for it. Period. if a contract got fucked, you go to court, but if you agree to the TOS, you're bound. Your fault if you don't read it.

I personally think what the gov't is doing is a complete abuse of power and a disgrace. *God, I'm old* When I was a kid, this is what we heard horror stories about what commie russia did. People getting executed in basements over what was overheard on phone lines, etc. Better than average chance this guy is going to end up dead sooner than later, and I'm reasonably sure we'll do it. Shit, we have kids playing real life video games with drones.

Disclaimer*

I don't want my trannie porn to be found at the wrong time

 

[mrplunkey]

The irony of this conversation taking place on this website is hilarious.

Corporations owe us nothing. We agree to give them money for whatever service or good they provide, and they make note of it in the form of a receipt. That's a contract. You have no rights and there isn't anything promised to you other than what you asked for, what was delivered, and if you payed for it. Period. if a contract got fucked, you go to court, but if you agree to the TOS, you're bound. Your fault if you don't read it.

I personally think what the gov't is doing is a complete abuse of power and a disgrace. *God, I'm old* When I was a kid, this is what we heard horror stories about what commie russia did. People getting executed in basements over what was overheard on phone lines, etc. Better than average chance this guy is going to end up dead sooner than later, and I'm reasonably sure we'll do it. Shit, we have kids playing real life video games with drones.

Disclaimer*

I don't want my trannie porn to be found at the wrong time

^^^ This.

Well said.

 

[mrplunkey]

Sorry mate but these are talks being given by top people in their respective fields. These talks are also being shown at and attended by the top business programs in the country. I personally don't like those people but do the math when they can charge $6,000 a ticket for some of those talks. What these people are saying there "is" infact where technology is headed there's no question about it. And they're the ones pushing it there.

With goofy paranoid like that, it helps me understand why you never leave your mom's basement.

 

[nydj66]

Holio is completely right about what corporations have done, are doing and will do in the future as it pertains to our privacy. What they do is almost worse except they don't, at least we thought, share that data with the govt who can put us in the land of pillow biters. What corporations have planned for the future is mind numbing and completely unsustainable. Siri is just the fucking beginning. Go watch the TED talks and see for yourself. They want this all encompassing internet which is a hair's breadth away from being sentient, they will require everyone to upload into this near sentient being everything about their lives so it knows you and can track you through the world. And what is the window into this all encompassing interconnected net? Your smartphones...what they have planned for those things is ludicrous. And who's going to watch over that system? You will not be able to fart in a closet without your smartphone chastising you for it the next time you pick it up. Over at TED they act like this is the grand future the human race has been waiting 10's of thousands of years for.

My smartphone will overload based on the amount of farting I do.

 

[redsamurai]

With goofy paranoid like that, it helps me understand why you never leave your mom's basement.

The list of people who have spoken at TED is simply too long to post and most names are unrecognizeable and the ones that are would get lost in the muddle.

Here's a few you may or may not have heard of

Jeff Bezos
Richard Branson
Sergey Brin
Larry Page
Richard Dawkins
Bill Gates
Jane Goodall
Al Gore
Stephen Hawking
Ray Kurzweil
Craig Venter

I'm sure there's more names that people know my eyes just got tired scanning through the list. But you can see where this is going.

 

[redsamurai]

waltdisneyoldnewswhat?

Except Kurzweil is living today and is very very influential.

 

[gjohnson5]

You can try to avoid google but the alternatives are no better. There are a thousand ways you can choose to live an anonymous life. And I have done it, back when I needed to. It's difficult and inconvenient, and I agree, it sucks. It doesn't matter if its private or public owned intrusion.

How do you do that?
OBL thought he was living anonymously in Pakistan and we found out how successful that was...

In this country, if you do so much as pay income tax , the IRS has your information. And if you own a home , your information is in public records already. If you have a telephone , the phone companies have our information. If you make any calls , then the government is being giving your call information. If you have a bank account then your information is in the Credit Bureaus. If you bounce a check or overdraft your account , then your in the chexsystem.

This is aside from the phyical things such as telephoto lenses. Just ask Kate Middleton if secluded beaches are truly secluded.... I personally think anyone who believes they are living anonymously is gullible and misinformed