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35. Oh dang, we DID shake Goofy's hand and not Snow White's on our trip to

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:55 AM

Jan 2013

Disneyland... We didn't mean anything by it. I just don't think we encountered her. Mickey was the strong silent type, same with Minnie. But she did shoot me a look when I asked why after all these years living next door to Mickey, they hadn't married.

We just re-watched "Enemy of the State" starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman. Talk about surveillance! Yikes!

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Customer Beware: You Are Being Tracked [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

There is the old story about the grocery store that offered free peanuts Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #1

that is actually clever -- but doesn't involve collecting personal data or surveilling individuals, HiPointDem Jan 2013 #8

As you said, it doesn't involve collecting personal data Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #10

now that i think about the story, though, it's not really that clever. because if you keep an HiPointDem Jan 2013 #12

Won't be any lost children. Downwinder Jan 2013 #32

well, won't that be lovely. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #33

This store used facial ID too jberryhill Jan 2013 #37

technological means *don't* restore personalization. sam drucker knew everyone -- & everyone HiPointDem Jan 2013 #45

Not completely, no... jberryhill Jan 2013 #49

the complaint is still alienation & depersonalization. your 'social benefit' is laughable. there HiPointDem Jan 2013 #55

And your social skills do not represent any society fit for humans jberryhill Jan 2013 #56

ironic statement in your case. statements that tout store coupons as a benefit of the surveillance HiPointDem Jan 2013 #57

I wonder if people really mind pugetres Jan 2013 #2

This is not new. Anyone who uses a supermarket discount, or c/c or EZ pass or cellphone graham4anything Jan 2013 #3

blah blah blah 'what, me worry'. quite in character. 'trust our dear leaders, they know best' HiPointDem Jan 2013 #7

They've solved a lot of crimes Politicalboi Jan 2013 #9

"How much info can they store?" It's virtually limitless. lastlib Jan 2013 #54

Happens here too Politicalboi Jan 2013 #4

your claim that it's not worth worrying about is i think short-sighted. just because you can HiPointDem Jan 2013 #6

I think that is our future Politicalboi Jan 2013 #11

lean back & enjoy the boot stomping the face -- forever HiPointDem Jan 2013 #14

btw, does that person realize that taking cash out of a bank is monitored by cameras? graham4anything Jan 2013 #15

which is why i pay cash. i've never been to disneyland but if i were considering it, their little HiPointDem Jan 2013 #5

You do realize that if you click on alt-net links, they do the same thing, don't you? graham4anything Jan 2013 #13

i assume everything i do online is tracked and logged somewhere. which is why i don't buy HiPointDem Jan 2013 #16

it is my pursuit of happiness.Like bowling. Books are corporate too. So are internet bloggers. graham4anything Jan 2013 #17

Do little league games now have body searches? Maybe the bloggers *you* read are corporate. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #18

Did the WTC get blown up? Did Okla. City get blown up? Did 26 die in a school? graham4anything Jan 2013 #21

you're boring me HiPointDem Jan 2013 #25

guess you don't have to hit reply. graham4anything Jan 2013 #26

But that would miss the point jberryhill Jan 2013 #38

See how a society of guns controls us marions ghost Jan 2013 #31

they did something about hijacks, they did something about buildings in big city graham4anything Jan 2013 #39

I will make a statement that I'm sure you don't agree with marions ghost Jan 2013 #41

That is what is great, we can all have our opinions, but guns do kill and don't make things safer graham4anything Jan 2013 #47

When did Dr. Dyer die? MADem Jan 2013 #44

My memory is going. I meant Dr. Richard Carlson, author of "Don't sweat the small stuff" graham4anything Jan 2013 #48

A brain fart--I have them on occasion, myself! MADem Jan 2013 #50

Reminds people to walk around a little on a flight or longer car or train ride graham4anything Jan 2013 #53

So what link did I click on BuelahWitch Jan 2013 #20

pun not intended, but I think those ads are Universal, not Disney. (ha ha ha). graham4anything Jan 2013 #22

I noticed recently that on Pogo Tumble Bees that all advertising relates to 1monster Jan 2013 #24

Welcome to the world of massive data quaker bill Jan 2013 #19

Customer information is not always sinister, for example... Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #23

Welcome to the machine. tclambert Jan 2013 #27

This has been going on for some time now davidpdx Jan 2013 #28

Some Day, those who avoid the info gathering and pay cash formercia Jan 2013 #29

Your every move is trackable liberal N proud Jan 2013 #30

Sounds like a privacy advocacy group needs to do some monkeywrenching on the data... Earth_First Jan 2013 #34

Oh dang, we DID shake Goofy's hand and not Snow White's on our trip to FailureToCommunicate Jan 2013 #35

k/r marmar Jan 2013 #36

Last night I visited a site that frogmarch Jan 2013 #40

Pay CASH for your ticket to Disneyworld. If they ask for your name, tell them you're MADem Jan 2013 #42

This Is Only The Beginning... WiffenPoof Jan 2013 #43

I keep seeing ads that say, "Eat Recycled Food!" MineralMan Jan 2013 #46

When you're on the street, don't piss off the Judge... n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #59

Completely unavoidable in a technology-based mass society aristocles Jan 2013 #51

~ K ~ In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #52

Here in Denver, RTD (Public transit) just rolled out RFID based bus passes. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #58

Every time you pick your nose at Disneyland, you are being watched in HD by 12 cameras. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #60

You can have my Kroger Card when you pry it from ... MicaelS Jan 2013 #61