23 yrs ago, AARP sent me a 50th yr birthday greeting, that's when I began to

[CK_John]

believe privacy and these new fangled computers where going to cause us a lot of trouble. When did you figure it out?

[Buzz Clik]

1. First time I dropped a deck of punch cards. 1972.

[CK_John]

3. And board wiring on 405 accounting machines in 64. nt

[liberal N proud]

4. Oh those punch cards

I think the first time I dropped a deck was in 1977 carrying them from the building where you registered them to the VAX to run them.

[In_The_Wind]

5. My first job was entering data on punch cards in 1963.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. About 1976 when IBM introduced RACF.

[warrior1]

6. 1974

I also took a oath.

[Flashmann]

7. When did you figure it out?

In the 70s when reading and hearing that the Gov. had the capability of automated computerized scanning of telephone traffic,flagging,for presumable follow-up, "buzzwords" like Dope,reefer,coke and a whole host of other illicit drug related words and phrases.It struck me then that this tactic could be,certainly WOULD be used in other areas.And that if computers could monitor phone traffic,there had to be a broad scope of other nefarious crap they could do.

I have an older 2nd cousin,who went into computer programming,when I was a 10 year old kid,in the early sixties.She told me often,through the years,that one day computers would take over and keep track of everything and everyone.I wrote her off as a nutzo until I started seeing those types of articles regarding surveillance,in the 70s.

I haven't though of any telephone as safe or secure since then.I NEVER thought computers were.EVER!

[Warpy]

8. The 1960s when friends would answer the phone

"Hi, don't swear, you're on the air, my phone's bugged again."

And they were right.

[JohnnyLib2]

9. Hell, the nuns were making a similar point back in the 40s.....

it's all being noted.