Posted on 06/25/2022 4:50:39 AM PDT by MtnClimber
It’s not just who’s watching the watchers. It’s why are the watchers watching us?
Maybe it is just me, but I get annoyed when I hear ads on TV or the radio offering us protection from hackers and other cyber-minions. These ads urge us to buy monthly policies that protect our computers from malware, eavesdropping, and home title protection. As I listen to these oh-so-sincere ads, I can visualize local thugs visiting small stores and “offering them assistance.” In the real world, this feels like a protection racket, and it is criminal behavior.
Why do well-known companies get away with selling us cyber protection for their own products? Protection on computers should be standard, just as car seatbelts are standard. Call me naïve, but if I ask a local contractor to add a door to my house, they will need to include locks on that door to protect my family from unwanted intrusion.
As a conservative, I do not trust our cyber barons any farther than I throw them. Over the last thirty years, Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Facebook have become more prominent parts of our culture. Mostly, these entities have leaned heavily to the political left. Google was earning frequent flyer miles in Obama’s White House, outpacing all other visitors. Many accuse Mark “Hand on the Scale” Zuckerberg of significant interference in the infamous 2020 election. Does anyone recall how the Cyber Barons snuffed out the story about Hunter’s laptop just before the 2020 election?
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I wonder how much the email providers snoop on and sell information about user account contents.
I'm of the opinion that Facebook is a clandestine arm of the NSA.....
that has occurred to me. The only monthly payments I have allowed myself are household bills and the computer internet access. I don’t buy anything on time and I don’t subscribe to internet services beyond basic access. I have free virus protection and it appears to be good. In 20 years I have had one ransomware attack that I managed to deal with myself. The only viruses I have had were the Norton stuff installed in a computer I bought new some years ago. It was difficult to remove but I did remove it.
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