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PoindexterOglethorpe

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31. Sounds like you have your own private
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 02:40 PM
Mar 2017

server and so long as you know exactly how to maintain it, that's a good solution. I just have my desk top and my laptop, connected to the internet, but I have some anti-virus programs installed, and depend on the Geek Squad for anything more complicated.

I gather that with a lot of newer devices, everything is automatically stored in the Cloud.

I hate it that often when I go to a commercial website of some sort, it wants me to share my location. I never do that. I also never click the Like button on FB. Nor to I spread some post that I agree with it, just because I'm exhorted to do so. Even among people who should know better, those sorts of things are posted daily on their FB pages. I might make a comment about something, but that's the extent of it.

Then again, I have a very high sense of privacy.

I must say, I don't understand why people are so enamored of The Cloud. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #1
Correct...Cloud means web. Not just on a server laserhaas Feb 2017 #2
And you're putting a lot of faith PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #5
Concur..we cant trust the pros laserhaas Feb 2017 #8
Plus, what happens when they go under / get sold / terminate that particular service... Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #21
Can be via intertubes can be via private network snooper2 Feb 2017 #7
My phone is constantly nagging me to give away all my data. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #12
+1000 I don't understand it either discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #30
Sounds like you have your own private PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #31
No one could see that coming Renew Deal Feb 2017 #3
The bigger thingy...is kids names and addresses laserhaas Feb 2017 #4
Your comment made me laugh. This has got to be the biggest... "KICK ME" sign KittyWampus Feb 2017 #9
Bill Engval laserhaas Feb 2017 #17
"Now, I have to tell you, it's an unbelievably complex subject," he added. Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #22
Amazon Echo and Dot, and Google Home Peachhead22 Feb 2017 #6
World is becoming ...too much..1984 on steroids laserhaas Feb 2017 #10
1984 or Brave New World? Mendocino Feb 2017 #11
Why the hell do kids needs stuffed toys with online connectivity? Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #13
because killing of a kid's imagination at a young age helps leave them KittyWampus Feb 2017 #25
"Ransome" - "Ransom" lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #14
Dam..caught by grammer police..again laserhaas Feb 2017 #15
Thanks for humoring my OCD. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #16
Noted and corrected laserhaas Feb 2017 #18
It's the red badge of courage. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #19
LoL laserhaas Feb 2017 #20
I thought it might be English for random Renew Deal Feb 2017 #23
grammer? Maybe grammar. Or even spelling. (Interesting post though, agreed?) ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #27
Hmm so much to say, so much to hide. Just plain stupid. YOHABLO Feb 2017 #24
Most of our world has gone ...completely laserhaas Mar 2017 #26
Teddy bear spies... That's the source of the White House leaks. Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #28
Awesome laserhaas Mar 2017 #29
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