Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Fakebook may turn me into a big govt guy Date:   7/18/2019 11:20:58 AM

It was bad enough when I looked at something on a website and then it showed up on my FB.  But I have found that sometimes I'm only thinking about something and it shows up on my FB page.  That is really scary.  

Back in the day, crazy people would call the NSA or the CIA and complain that they implanted a device while they were at the dentist that controlled their thoughts  or gave them signals to follow and begged the agencies to turn them off.  (Sometimes they would play along and tell them that the devices had been turned off)  (true story).  

I wouldn't trade my Navigation system in my car because it makes life so much easier - but I know it tracks where I go.  And all those places with the free wifi, are checking you in.  Costco is following me by my membership number and knows exactly how often I visit and what I buy.  (yesterday, the register messed up my reciept I needed to get out of the door.  They went into a back room and printed out a sheet of everything I bought that day and I was escorted to the door by a customer service rep).  

Oh, and that new app that shows you how you will look when you get old (no, not the mirror, there is now an app), was developed by a Russian company, and while it claims it is deleting the pictures within 2 days, who knows what they do with it?  

It can make you paranoid if you spend too much time thinking about it, but this is our new reality.