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08-02-2015, 11:16 PM | #11 | |||
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Nope.. We dicussed getting him a new
Hat upNorth in the privacy of our house. Hubby is quite bald and he needs a hat but balks at getting one. He does have his photo with fishing hat on, on FB and mentions army service in his profile.. But keeps his privacy settings very High there. Maybe this veteran organization can still find him that way? It is really spooky IMO though. But it did work on us this time.
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08-03-2015, 12:57 AM | #12 | |||
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I was also a psych major and a psych professional before disability and I believe we ALL should be wearing tin foil hats, with lightening rods attached. The hats will keep our thoughts safe from any data-mining. They will also keep our own thoughts from broadcasting. The lightening rods will either keep us safer in storms or may set us up for a brief thrill should lightening strike? If many more drones are launched, we may need tall lights on our foil hat to make sure they maneuver safely around us. I was at a city gathering for the fourth of July, on the waterfront. Suddenly, the crowd was silent and staring at the same thing; a drone had flown in and was suspended in the air (sitting still) looking at our part of the crowd. We were all seated. It was a very low-flying drone. Some people were immediately frightened. After 5 minutes, the drone left. There were many large boats nearby and we thought maybe someone was just playing with a small drone from their boat. We never found out who was operating the drone. I am not sure it would be possible to tell. There were over 10K people in attendance. Many people were definitely uncomfortable with the drone appearing like that. Just don't know what to think about these types of 'invasions." DejaVu |
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08-03-2015, 06:47 AM | #13 | |||
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This brings to mind this funny photo from Cheezburger:
There are many other interesting cats and people with tin foil hats, on Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=cat+...inb1XyTXtYM%3A
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08-03-2015, 02:10 PM | #14 | |||
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Great sense of humor, mrsD! DejaVu |
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08-03-2015, 04:55 PM | #15 | ||
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I always thought my father had a few paranoid quirks so I've tried to avoid reacting to anything like that unless I had some kind of substantive evidence, correlation does not imply causation, right DejaVu? After I thought about it I decided to pay more attention to what I buy and do online to see if it is really happening. I
The article I read about Target was real however, it was in The New York Times and below is a link from Forbes. Maybe I am turning into a cranky old lady but that kind of thing just fries my eyeballs, how dare they do that? I don't have any problem with serendipitous events like the hat, I have had things like that as well. I don't know what to think about the drone, there seem to be more and more problems with them interfering with planes, etc so it could have been private. I don't know if law enforcement/government can do something like that to try to spot guns or suspicious people. I checked out the opt out tool in tnthomas' link, it said I got ads from 81 companies. Big food better watch out! judi http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirh...er-father-did/ |
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08-03-2015, 10:02 PM | #16 | |||
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What about the implants? Alot of folks have them but don't know... **
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08-04-2015, 02:51 PM | #17 | |||
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Hi tnthomas, I guess I am not aware of the implant issue.
* Thus, I am not sure if you are serious or playing along in jest with us, as we'd gotten a little OT and silly. I like your screen name, by the way. DejaVu Last edited by Jomar; 08-04-2015 at 03:58 PM. Reason: per guidelines |
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08-04-2015, 03:34 PM | #18 | ||
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TNT, I was sure if you were serious either, we were a little silly. I don't think implants are a problem but I have heard that some people do.
Hah! Well trackers were certainly a problem for me and I am embarrassed I didn't do something sooner. I downloaded Ghostery and Facebook runs MUCH smoother for me now, who knew. Oh, I guess you guys all did. judi |
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08-12-2015, 02:49 PM | #19 | ||
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remember all our purchases are very valuable info to businesses. It is not just during online activities; it is also frequent shopper card programs (i.e. grocery store loyalty cards like Krogers, Harris Teeter, Shop Rite, JCPenneys, KMart/Sears, CVS, etc). They know what you tend to buy & at what price point- hence the ads, coupons, facebook ads, search engine info, etc.
It is called Data Mining and involves a lot more than just your address, phone and income. I'm afraid we are a commodity frequently bought, traded and sold - all for someone elses financial gain. {big sigh}
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