I read my Kindle when I’m in the tub.
I buy $0.50 2nd hand dead tree books for water usage. I even call them *water books*.
Electrocution aside, I am not risking a $200 or more digital item to water damage. I have dropped enough books into the hot tub or pool to know it can and does happen.
I read my Kindle when I’m in the tub.
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We know.
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Related to your comment (but not you personally), many people do other private, ‘intimate’ things while viewing porn on their computer, smart phone, etc. Other people have sordid affairs. And still others participate in various paraphilias with consenting adults, something that would mortify them if it landed on YouTube.
Now, imagine our illustrious NSA or a foreign state capturing the video, complete with sound effects. If you’re an ordinary citizen, no big deal, unless you plan on running for a political office one day.
Now suppose you’re a politician, judge, law enforcement officer in a high position, CEO of a large company, defense contractor, military general, potential political opponent, press reporter, blog owner with wide readership, etc. This entire national conversation will hopefully redefine the word “paranoid.”
You must either take out the batteries or use duct tape or other non-transparent tape over cameras and mics on all devices that are applicable.... TVs, phones, computers, cameras, handheld digital recorders, gaming equipment, etc. Don’t forget the karoeke (sp?) machine. ;-) I have no suggestions for baby monitors and security webcams; perhaps someone else does.
Someone remind me again how the NSA snooping and AP wiretap stories broke, again? Because I’ve suspected all along that a motive was to inform and intimidate. At the very least, all this talk about capabilies of eavesdropping, combined with rigorous fed prosecution of govt whistleblowers, has had a chilling effect and will affect what we know about our Dear Leader now and in the years to come.