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As one to another, ME

My calendar says I am 68. The term ME bothers my sense of social responsibility, its about community not about ME, being part of the ME generation is not my hope in life. I grew up with emergence of Big Brother, McCarthyism and have watched it slowly invade daily life as power corrupts absolutely. Clouds bother me because I grew up not knowing if the front door lock worked. Now if your privacy is not encrypted that is considered an open invitation to have your life inspected.

I am part of the retired generation, we travel and have very uncertain and often slow internet connections. Clouds seem like a good way to make it rain nearly everyday. Leave me out of flock of sheep in the ME generation being led into the clouds.

Jim
ME bothers me the same way. I still use .mac despite the Apple name change, which I protested from the start. I suppose some fool of an ad psych expert explained to another dope that "me" would impress users as if it's all about ME!
Nor do I trust Google, as the best example, and AT&T and Verizon as close seconds, to keep private information private. If the FBI or any other agency wants to know about me, they can ask me and I'll tell them. If I feel it's justifiable. Clouds are OK for syncing if that's actually needed, though I don't see an advantage over an external hard drive or flash drive that is easily carried when travelling.
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