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KittyWampus

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41. Privacy when I was growing up- had 2 older brothers who shared a bedroom during school year

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 10:58 AM

Sep 2014

so they had little privacy between them.

During summer we lived in tiny cottage to work at my paternal Grandparents' business. I had no bedroom at all= zero privacy, my brothers also still shared a tiny space to sleep.

Our only phone was on the kitchen wall. Zero privacy.

Our only tv was in the living room, an old black and white a more well-to-do family member handed down to us- zero privacy.

Three kids, two parents, one grandmother in a small house with ONE bathroom- next to no privacy.

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Wow, the cloud is the worst idea in tech history [View all] clydefrand Sep 2014 OP

I agree the Internet should be thought of as a public space where there is no expectation of privacy justiceischeap Sep 2014 #1

100 years from now our conception of privacy will be as amusing to the people of that time el_bryanto Sep 2014 #2

Quite true IMO! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #4

No doubt. justiceischeap Sep 2014 #6

Privacy when I was growing up- had 2 older brothers who shared a bedroom during school year KittyWampus Sep 2014 #41

Growing up I'm sure most of us had a lack justiceischeap Sep 2014 #50

I have thought about using an ICloud program yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #31

It isn't fair to call people stupid gollygee Sep 2014 #3

Nothing is ever Apple's fault. They are perfect. tridim Sep 2014 #7

I must assume gollygee Sep 2014 #10

I am an Apple user and have been for many years justiceischeap Sep 2014 #16

I wood agree jollyreaper2112 Sep 2014 #28

Gotta love those freudian slips! savalez Sep 2014 #47

More victim-blaming rationalization? Hissyspit Sep 2014 #5

The "cloud" has existed longer than there has been an internet. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #8

I have been in the Cloud Industry for a while HipChick Sep 2014 #9

Like "free" VPN and proxy servers being private/secure. LOL! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #17

"free" is it? Last I knew people had to buy a piece of hardware pipoman Sep 2014 #21

Quite true! It's marketing rebranding for the masses! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #15

But it's really good for them to allow you to use a file without actually having the file in the.... JVS Sep 2014 #11

I think it's a riot that the original idea of a personal computer was so you could be Demit Sep 2014 #12

I refuse to upgrade to Adobe's cloud bullshit Atman Sep 2014 #13

CC does not require you to upload your project files, fyi. greyl Sep 2014 #27

Good point. randome Sep 2014 #23

I have access to the entire Adobe software catalog. tridim Sep 2014 #32

I wan't referring to hard drive memory size. I think you missed my point. Demit Sep 2014 #64

I try not rely on it Puzzledtraveller Sep 2014 #14

UHHH---me thinks you don't really understand the errr cloud. trumad Sep 2014 #18

+1, n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #26

2nd that HipChick Sep 2014 #49

EBCDIC was probably the very worst Recursion Sep 2014 #19

EBCDIC was an elegant solution to the problem it solved hootinholler Sep 2014 #24

Nah. The invention of the Null Reference was probably the worst idea ever. Xithras Sep 2014 #36

Don't confuse poor implementation with a poor idea. n/t BadgerKid Sep 2014 #20

Exactly! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #29

works great for storing and accessing my digital purchases though eShirl Sep 2014 #22

Our resident Apple shill is oddly quiet about this. nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #25

He can't "handle" it. savalez Sep 2014 #42

Saved my friends thousands of dollars... JaneyVee Sep 2014 #30

That is 100 percent why I am torn by the Cloud yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #33

Was that an Apple hard drive? Orrex Sep 2014 #34

Apple doesn't make hard drives... Dr Hobbitstein Sep 2014 #52

I know Orrex Sep 2014 #54

That's why I bought a 2tb backup drive... Atman Sep 2014 #35

I have one of those too shanti Sep 2014 #61

It's a great idea IF you don't expect privacy. FLPanhandle Sep 2014 #37

This is why I hoard flash drives tabbycat31 Sep 2014 #38

I'm with you. Staph Sep 2014 #60

Yeah the cloud is as dumb as online banking or bill pay or ordering goods from Amazon. dilby Sep 2014 #39

Cloud storage is a good concept. Current consumer grade clouds need more time to mature. Xithras Sep 2014 #40

Worse than the Zune? KamaAina Sep 2014 #43

It definitely ranks high on the list. bemildred Sep 2014 #44

The worst idea in tech history? Really? Glassunion Sep 2014 #45

I miss the days of the Deathstars. n/t dilby Sep 2014 #46

We recently had a batch of 60Gb SSDs drives. Glassunion Sep 2014 #56

Or that other lump of sh*t, Windows Vista ffr Sep 2014 #63

The US goverment are heavy into cloud storage HipChick Sep 2014 #48

Are you confident that the wireless transmission inside your home is any more secure? pnwmom Sep 2014 #51

I think Facebook has it beat <eom> CentralMass Sep 2014 #53

The Cloud is fine, but you shouldn't just put anything on it. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #55

Never on Internet. JEFF9K Sep 2014 #57

It's not stupid, it's about money. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #58

^^ THIS! Atman Sep 2014 #62

I never thought the cloud was a good idea kimbutgar Sep 2014 #59