Google update!

People get so easily paranoid about such things, while - in fact - we are such unimportant people...

If we didnt have the internet how boring would our retirement be? Google teaches many around the world and therefore should be appreciated, imo.

And FB, well many mums and dads and grandparents keep in touch with their kin all across the world, everyone shares photos, ask advice, give praise to each other, share jokes, have win with games, and as I was reminded, they share recipes. My FB is dormant for now, but I will reactivate soon.

Mercedes indeed yes. They can see what what we have written anywhere. Every word we utter is all recorded but only attracts the attention if we use their trigger words which are merely words that may indicate we intend to cause them trouble. Otherwise it is kept in case they ever need to check us out because we went off the rails somewhere. Have you not heard of Edward Snowden? (I bet that's triggered a human to have a look) And I'm the one who doesn't have a TV or read news! Oh, but of course you were going through life with your hands over your face until yesterday.

Keepers, yeah, what else can one do if one wishes to communicate? But be aware is all. For example, Windows is deliberately written as an open system so that Microsoft can make extra money licensing out the rights to other companies to write anti virus, anti spy packages. When tablets first arrived, they didn't have enough memory or hard disc space for the sprawling Windows XP so manufacturers used Linux. Then Microsoft came out with Windows CP which didn't need anti virus and anti spy and was therefore a much smaller program.
I grew up with computers and have worked with them most of my life, I taught computer technology at Uni and colleges for eleven years, had computer shops in the UK and France. I retired from it in twenty o nine but at that time, could still bypass the windows password in under a minute. That was why I asked you the question the other day, but truly, I don't keep up now unless I need to know something, like how money is laundered on the Internet, which I was talking about elsewhere with regard to Trump.

Aster, thanks for dropping by, and I agree, unimportant we are, but still surveyed; This is why Windows has a back door these days, just in case you interest the authorities enough for them to need to access your PC. Of course, if they can, any half way competent hacker can also. And the portable barbecue you use for communications while you are out is just the same, but that has the added advantage of telling them where you are, who you are with and what you are doing when away from home, where there are any number of gadgets reporting on you. These days we've got so blasé we even bug ourselves, on purpose, say hi to Alexa!

Keepers, yeah you're right, I'm glad I'm out of it.

It doesn't matter how many doors are open on the internet, nobody can steal anything from me because there's too many keys they need to open the important doors which human beings still control. How about voice recognition for the future instead of passwords?

Keepers, yeah you're right, I'm glad I'm out of it.

I'm the same, once I have moved out of an industry I have no interest in looking back. But technology is new to most people who ARE glad for it. But they should also be aware that you cannot trust everything you read, just like you can't believe everything you are told. Common sense stuff you know.

Nobody to blame but ourselves. We may complain about Google and Facebook even CS snooping in our lives but, one thing to consider the we give them permission to do it. Every app you download from Google play asks for all kinds of permissions to review your contacts,text messages, photos etc. all in the name to say that the app needs those things to enhance the operation of the app. Every blog you write or forum poem everything is lorded over to this site hence, if we are paranoid about big brother in our lives do consider we set ourselves up for it. We asked for it. No sense in complaining about it. The only choice to keep Google and Zuckerberg out of your life is get off the social media get rid of your phones computers tablets etc. and go back to smoke signals or actually start socializing in person. What a novel Idea!! Gosh what a concept that people may have to go out of their way to meet people up close and personal like it used to be before the Internet was invented.

Jim, glad you're happy with DDG, it's excellent. As an ex teccy I have used Linux for years. All the teccys used to in my day. Dos is based on Linux but largely came from IBM and Windows came from Mac. Funny how a certain person worked for both those companies before .....! Hey, I'm not accusing anyone.
Anyway what I was coming to in my usual overly verbose fashion is that Linux now has the GUI similar to Windows and can run on the same machine as Windows along side it. You choose which one to use at boot. I use Linux Mint on a Dell but there are lots of different versions and it's FREE . You can also run it from a TF card as in cell phone, because it is minute compared to Windows and all files etc. produced can be kept on that tiny card instead of the HD. People who use my machines never realise they are not using Microsoft. And! In the shops in here in France we had suites of computers for the tourists to do emails on. They never noticed it wasn't Microsoft either.

Hey DUA, good post. But ho! You mean you think people should actually meet and talk directly to each other? Naah! That'll never catch on!